The Age of Machines

Chapter 1294 Lost
Babylon is a bright pearl in history, a mysterious ancient city that people yearn for.Shengshi uses modern technology to present the city in another form in the game.

It became one of the mysterious cities of the Granin Empire.

The group arrived in Babylon near dusk.To quickly find an NPC with unknown coordinates in a huge city, this task is much more difficult than players think.

Beixi gave too few clues.

They only knew that the NPC was called [Statson Jielin], and he was a centenarian.Apart from this, there is no other information.

You must know that in the setting of the prosperous game, the lifespan of human beings can be extended by touching magic. Although this is insignificant compared to other races, it is a major breakthrough for human beings.

People who are over a hundred years old can easily find many people in this Babylon.As for the name [Statham Jielin], firstly, it is not the surname of a nobleman, and secondly, the same and similar names may also appear.

Standing at the gate of the city, several people discussed where to start looking for people.

"Besides age and name, what else does Beixi know?" Long Li didn't know how to find people in this huge city based on these two pieces of information.

Nuomi Duanzi said: "I'm contacting Beibei."

Pocket Watch Rabbit already had an idea, she told several people. "Maybe we can go to the Adventurer's Union first and issue a reward."

Ningmeng's eyes lit up, "Yes."

"Adventurers' guilds are generally available in middle and high-level cities. When we first came to this city, we certainly didn't know as much as those players who entered the game or stayed here all the time."

While speaking, a court car was about to drive out of the city gate. The mount was a flame lizard, running fast, and pulling the court car behind it stumbled along the narrow street.

Rashomon raised his hand to protect the pocket watch, the rabbit and the others, and the two of them also hurriedly avoided, and the court car barely brushed past them all the way away.

The dust was flying, Ningmeng coughed a few times, and said: "You don't need to know to think that you are in a hurry to reincarnate."

After the words fell, a few more cars rushed over.

The scared people leaned against the city wall, covered their mouths and noses and watched the vehicles disappear one by one.

When the market calmed down, those players continued to sell or walk as usual.

Nuomi Duanzi and the others looked at each other, not knowing whether the court car in that battle was from an NPC or a player.But it doesn't seem to have anything to do with them...

"Beibei just replied that the man is an architect. He always stays in one place for a season without settling down, but this is not absolute."

"In other words, not a resident NPC?"

The glutinous rice dumpling nodded.

Ningmeng said: "This is even more difficult. It's not even a resident NPC, and the players in this city may not even have heard of the name." Not to mention, knowing its whereabouts.

If you want to ask an NPC, you must also have the reputation of this city.It's not difficult, you can spend money to find a high-prestige player, but now you can't do anything, spend money to let the player ask which NPC to ask for a clue?
Long Li looked at the glutinous rice dumpling, "Why is Beixi looking for this NPC?"

Nuomi Duanzi looked around and answered him absent-mindedly, "There are a lot of people here, so I'll tell you when I get back."

Long Li didn't ask any more questions.

Knowing that the situation in the Machine Age is not very good these days, people in the Machine Age have also learned to be careful when they are away from home. Important things are generally not said to the outside world, or talked outside.

Ning Que's betrayal made them vigilant.

Even if it's just a trivial matter, I learn to keep my mouth shut and don't talk about it to others easily.The crisis of trust came so naturally.

Inside the Mechanical Age, there are still some conflicts among the players.This conflict comes from the players in the team led by Ning Que.

Because after Ning Que's betrayal that day, he took away some members of his team.

This caused people in the mechanical age to wonder if there were traitors in Ning Que's team.Once doubt breeds, trust crumbles.

Although Beixi and the others have repeatedly emphasized that there are no traitors, they can't control the hearts of the players.

The mechanical age is now easily shaken.

The players who used to belong to Ning Que's team were also in an awkward situation in the guild.

Sometimes there will be some small frictions without them knowing in Beixi.

Long Li feels sorry for the mechanical age.

The voice of the pocket watch rabbit brought him back to his thoughts.

"Let's go to the adventure union to offer a reward first, in case anyone knows?" The pocket watch rabbit looked at the glutinous rice dumpling and asked for her opinion. "Just send it in my name, and then I will be in charge of the connection."

This matter should be more urgent, so Nuomi Duanzi agreed to Beixi and rushed here all the way.In addition, Nuomi Duanzi was unwilling to say more, and the pocket watch rabbit also understood that this matter should be kept secret.

If the people of the mechanical age were to announce the bounty here with great fanfare, it would definitely attract the attention of some people with malicious intentions.

Then all would be meaningless.

Long Li said: "There is no need to go. I have a friend here who often works here. I will take Nuomi to him, and the three of you will go to the trade union."

Splitting things up saves time.

Several people agreed.

So they parted ways at the city gate, and Rashomon put on his cloak and took off his goggles.

The three of them drifted with the crowd.

The streets of Babylonian cities were not wide, but they were not narrow either.Pocket Watch Rabbit felt that the street would not be so crowded when there were not many players on weekdays.

It just happened to be dusk, and at a peak time, there were too many players, so it was difficult to walk Mandarin.

The people on the magic carpet kept flying in the sky.

Ningmeng looked up, stopped in her tracks and said "Hey", then pulled the rabbit on the pocket watch, and said to her and Rashomon: "No, it turns out that you can fly in the city."

It's not like they're idiots in the crowd now.

Ningmeng summoned the mount, but was prompted that it could not be used.The city prohibits the use of unregulated mounts.

"The ____ does not work."

Ningmeng looked surprised and frustrated.

why?
"What is an unregulated mount?"

Cities I've been to before either don't allow it or allow it.It was the first time that Ningmeng encountered this situation, and she was a little puzzled.

Rashomon raised his head slightly, "It means that this city has its own rules."

Regardless of country of origin.

"Magic carpets should only be used." The pocket watch rabbit glanced around, and found that the players in this city seemed to be of a high level, and there were very few novices.

The equipment is uneven, but at a glance, you can still find a lot of excellent equipment.In this crowded situation, if you can fly, you will fly naturally. Who would want to stand alone and suffer on the ground.

"If you want to fly, there may be other conditions."

She and Rashomon said this at the same time.

The pocket watch rabbit was taken aback, and looked at Rashomon.In the cloak, he didn't know what this person's expression was, but the pocket watch rabbit felt that Rashomon should also be stunned at this time.

"What conditions?"

Ningmeng's question brought the pocket watch rabbit back to his senses, and he turned his head and thought for a while before answering her, "For example, city prestige."

Of course these are just guesses.

If you think about the level, it is not too bad to think about it. After all, the players here do not seem to be low-level, and the pocket watch rabbit feels that there is no distinction between levels.

The culture of Babylon and other cities cannot be the same, so the regulations must be different.

City prestige or other actions are given the privilege of being able to fly in the city.And listening to what Ningmeng said, it is estimated that there are also requirements and restrictions on the type of mount.

"Well, this city is quite interesting." Ningmeng pointed to a sky-reaching tower in front of her.The tower is very huge, and it is surrounded by low-rise buildings, making it even more magnificent.

The top is hidden in the top of the cloud, which makes people think about it.

"That's the Tongtian Tower."

"It's also a dungeon. I heard that the challenge is not small." The pocket watch rabbit said.

"Then let's go play..." Ningmeng didn't finish, because she suddenly remembered what they came here for.He sighed regretfully, "Forget it, we'll talk about it later."

The three of them walked while looking at the map.

They are all newcomers and don't know the roads, so naturally they have to rely on the map to find the adventure union.The crowd huddled for more than ten minutes, and finally reached a fork. The three of them squeezed out, entered another street that hadn't changed much after that, and continued to drift with the crowd.

Lemon Meng collapsed a bit.

Looking at the players coming and going overhead, his eyes were full of envy.

At this moment, someone brushed past a person, Ningmeng paused suddenly, reached out to take out her pocket, her face turned pale in an instant.

"It's really gone." She murmured to herself, and hurriedly chased after him. "Hey, you wait. Wait a minute!"

Ningmeng shuttled through the crowd, her eyes fixed on the gray clothes, walking backwards in the crowd, Ningmeng chased the other person all the way, watching the person turn the corner.

In a hurry, he bumped into someone else.

The man cursed in a low voice, "Fuck, you don't have eyes?"

Ningmeng quickly apologized, "I'm sorry."

"Where does a redneck come from running down the streets of Babylon and don't know it's against the rules?"

"I'm sorry." Ningmeng didn't care about this matter at all, so she could only apologize repeatedly in order to appease the other party's anger. "Sorry, I have something else to do."

I ran to the corner of the street, and there was another hidden street, but I couldn't find the figure of the person.

Ningmeng bit her lip.

lost.

He looked at his package again, and the scepter for level 130 was indeed gone.

Ningmeng didn't know what to do, the more she thought about it, the more wronged she became, and she stood there with red eyes at a loss.

"Cute."

At this time, the pocket watch rabbit and Rashomon came over.Fortunately, there are coordinates displayed on the map in the team, otherwise they might not be able to find people in this city where the streets are intricately distributed and crowded.

"rabbit."

Ningmeng hugged her, choked with sobs and said, "Woo~ My scepter was stolen. I can't get it back."

The rabbit with the pocket watch patted her on the back and comforted her: "Don't worry, there is a way." Gently pulled the person away and wiped away her tears, "Don't cry. Tell us what's going on first."

Ningmeng chased after him without saying a word. Pocket Watch Rabbit and Rashomon actually guessed what happened, but they just felt strange, how could Ningmeng believe that the person stole something.

Granin is a country where thieves are rampant.

Of course, it doesn't mean that the thieves are highly skilled, but that the thieves are the country with the most powerful theft technology.There are very few thieves players here such as PK, and many of them rely on stealing to make a living.

Therefore, when I came, the glutinous rice dumpling specially reminded me to look after the package.

This is no better than the main city of Granin.

If it happened in the main city of Gelanlin, with the help of Yaoshi and Nuomi Tuanzi's connections, he could still find it.But it happened in such a remote city, not under the jurisdiction and influence of Yaoshi and Nuomi Duanzi, it is really difficult to find it.

But it doesn't mean there is no way.

Ningmeng also quickly suppressed her emotions, knowing that crying can't solve the problem.Once the equipment is lost, it takes less than ten minutes to retrieve it.

Once the thieves have stolen something, they sell it directly on the black market.

Every city in Granin may have a black market of different sizes, which is an area not under the jurisdiction of NPXC and run by players.

"While walking, the man suddenly whispered in my ear that my things had been stolen."

The pocket watch rabbit was stunned, no matter what, the man was kind.After thinking about it, I was puzzled: But since he was kind, why did Ningmeng chase him, he didn't stop, and kept walking.

That can only mean that that person stole Ningmeng's things.

"Are you wearing a mask?"

Some thieves wear masks to hide their identities.

"No way..." Ningmeng herself was not sure, she didn't think much about it at the time, when she came back to her senses, she only saw the back of the man in gray clothes.

"Then have you seen the other person's face clearly?"

Ningmeng looked bewildered.

The pocket watch rabbit sighed inwardly, it's over.

"Rabbit, can I still get my weapon back?"

Ningmeng bought that weapon from a friend after saving money for a long time, and it must be a fake to say that she doesn't feel sorry for losing it like this.

At this time, Rashomon said: "Lingmeng, look at the system prompt."

Ningmeng was taken aback, opened the system interface ignorantly, found a coordinate, and then read the system message.

His face turned red.

"Any player who has something stolen will be prompted by the system, and the coordinates of the other party will be found within 5 minutes. If it can be captured, the weapon will naturally return to its original owner."

But now, 5 minutes has only half a minute left.

"Then..." Ningmeng looked confused. "Can we catch up now?"

The pocket watch rabbit smiled wryly, "Obviously, it can't."

With tears in her eyes, Ningmeng died of heartache.

"I never lost anything in Callance."

This was the first time she encountered this situation today. At that time, her head was blank and her first reaction was to chase after him. She wanted to ask for clarification, but both of them, including the pocket watch and the rabbit, left them behind and ignored them.

It was too late to react.

As for the pocket watch rabbits, they watched Ningmeng suddenly chase them out. Although they guessed something, they were not sure, and thought that Ningmeng had obtained the coordinates, so they walked one street after another.

result…

It was an oolong.

Life wasted the time to find it.

"We Karans thieves are all masters of PK..."

Ningmeng sniffed, feeling even more sad.

Rashomon comforted her, "The thief can walk along the streets without a sound and is familiar with the streets here. He should be a habitual criminal in this city. Maybe the friends in Longli have some contacts. Let's contact Nuomi."

Right now, Ningmeng can only hope that her weapon can be recovered.

(End of this chapter)