Star Trace Gate

Stargate World—Chaos Camp, Black Cage Castle.

Bang, bang!

With two muffled sounds, two huge snakeskin bags tied together were kicked out of the canteen and hit the ground heavily.

The dark-skinned young man wearing a straw hat and slippers picked up two snakeskin bags with the stick in his hand and carried them behind him.

"You did a good job, Little Potato." The old man looking after the store smiled and praised the young man.

"Hey, thanks."

The swarthy young man waved his hands, carried two snakeskin bags, and walked towards the depths of the alley.

There are old high-rise buildings on both sides with very narrow gaps. This makes the alley look very dark, damp, and extremely dirty, and the smell of decay is everywhere.

If you stand in an alley and look up at the sky, the sunlight you can see is scattered, patchy or long.

Countless wires, rain poles, and various cluttered buildings snake upwards, blocking and splitting the sun that warms the earth, leaving only a little residual light to shine on the world.

The swarthy young man carried two huge snakeskin bags and walked forward. After a while, he came to a rusty external staircase.

Outside the stairs, four people stood.

They are, He Xizi, who just came back from the Northeast; Yao Sen, who once tried to attack Ren Daguo, but his foot got stuck in the sewer and was almost hit by a car; Mr. Lu, who owns an independent star gate and listens to a group of women singing every day; and A dwarf who participated in the battle of apartment buildings in Shanghai.

These four people came to Black Cage Castle mainly to escort those players from the Chaos camp who had accepted the quest quota for the Daqian Dynasty.

Black Cage Castle is the headquarters of the Bell Club, and is also the gathering place for the Chaotic Camp to compete for the Qingliang Mansion Star Gate. Three thousand recruits from the Daqian Dynasty will enter the Star Gate from here.

"Hey, Lao He, Lao Lu, little one?!" The dark-skinned young man stepped forward and saw three familiar people at a glance: "Are you here too?"

The four people turned their heads. Mr. He, the little dwarf, and Mr. Lu looked at him for a long time before they recognized the dark-skinned young man.

There was nothing I could do, he looked so miserable, he looked like a homeless man.

"Hello, rent collector."

When Mr. He and the little dwarf saw the dark-skinned young man, their attitudes immediately became very serious and respectful, and they even half-bent to greet him.

"Haha, long time no see, rent collector." Although Mr. Lu did not bend down, his attitude was very polite.

This is a rather strange thing, because the dark young man known as the rent collector only has a silver bell hanging around his waist. He is one level higher than the dwarf and the same level as Mr. He.

Judging from the silver bell on his waist, he is only a second-level player, but Mr. Lu is a golden bell of the Bell Club, and he also has his own exclusive star gate. He has strong combat power and high potential, but he faces many challenges. As a young swarthy young man, he still acted a little reserved.

There is a bell master in Black Cage Castle. He is the supreme leader of the Bell Society, but the people who live here prefer to call him the landlord.

Under the landlord, there are seven rent collectors. The lowest-ranking ones all have ring bells hanging on their waists. There is only one special being, and that is the swarthy young man in front of him.

He wears a silver bell around his waist, but he has the very precious status of a rent collector.

"Giving it away?" the dark-skinned young man asked with a smile.

"Yes, we have just arrived." Mr. He, who had always been aloof and looked at everyone's drama, now looked at the dark-skinned young man with only respect in his eyes, not fear.

"How many people were sent?"

"There are twelve batches in total, more than 500 of them." Mr. He replied.

"Where are these people?" The dark-skinned young man's eyes were full of curiosity.

"Gather at the Tianjing Square." Mr. Lu nodded and replied, "And the four Qingliang Mansion players are meeting the landlord at Genting."

"Haha, you have worked very hard." The swarthy young man smiled and invited the four of them enthusiastically: "I went out this time and the harvest was pretty good. I haven't seen you for a long time. I will treat you to dinner tonight."

"...Okay." Mr. Lu smiled and nodded.

"I'll go up first." The dark-skinned young man pointed upward.

"Walk slowly."

After a few people exchanged a few words, the dark-skinned young man carried two bags and headed straight for the rusty exterior stairs.

Yao Sen, who had always been taciturn, looked at his back and said actively with a frown on his face: "... He is a second-level player, why does he give me a different feeling?"

"How does it feel?" Mr. He asked.

"It's a bit dangerous." Yao Sen responded truthfully.

"The only silver bell rent collector in Black Cage Castle has never happened before in the history of the Bell Club." Mr. He said with his hands behind his back: "Of course... it will be different."

Yao Sen looked at Mr. He and asked, "Is he a rare profession with extremely high talent?"

"Haha, a rare profession with extremely high talents will not make me respect you." Mr. He sneered and shook his head: "You said the opposite. He has the worst talent in the entire Black Cage Castle and the most rubbish Star Gate inheritance."

When Yao Sen heard this, his eyes were slightly confused: "I really don't understand the rules of your chaotic camp."

……

Black Cage Castle is a group-dwelling city with extremely dense population and extremely low living environment.

It is a bit like the legendary Kowloon Walled City, Pigeon Walled Village, Pigeon Cage and other "products of the times", which also gather a large number of people from the bottom of society.

However, the difference here is that its residents are all players.

Regardless of whether you kill many people watching the year or cause some earth-shattering public incident in the real world, as long as you choose to come to Black Cage Castle and are willing to pay rent to the landlord, no matter what camp you are a player in, You can live here.

Just forget about the living environment and infrastructure. There are only dark and cramped rooms here, as narrow as a rat's nest.

The Black Cage Fort is a square building complex, eighteen stories high, surrounded and closed on all sides, with a patio in the center.

The first floor at the bottom is called the drawer floor. The area of ​​each room is only slightly larger than the ice coffin in the morgue. People can only lie down in it and cannot even sit up.

By analogy, on the second, third, fourth, etc. floors, the room area will gradually increase, the space will be relatively more abundant, and the facilities will gradually become more complete, but this requires life.

Players who live here, as long as they belong to the Chaos camp, do not have to join the Bell Club. As long as they have made significant contributions, or have improved their level, or have resources, they can apply to the landlord to move up according to the rules. Go, live in a better room, exchange for better resources...

There are places to have sex with women, places to gamble, wine bars to get drunk, and life-betting arenas to fight, etc. In short, there are all the places where you can vent your dissatisfaction and vent your evil... As long as you have the source, you can do whatever you want.

And you will be allowed to run any business here, as long as you pay rent and management fees.

In addition, Black Cage Castle has a very crazy rule.

That is, anyone can challenge the landlord to a life and death arena. As long as you win and you kill him, the entire Black Cage Castle will be yours. From now on, you will be the king here and you can control everything here.

The winner will become the new bell master and command the entire bell association.

No one cares about the new bell master's character, moral standards, whether he is tyrannical, etc... because you can't change anything. If you are unhappy, please work hard to improve yourself and just fuck him to death as soon as possible.

In short, this place is filled with an indescribable sense of chaos, but it also has its own rules.

As long as you want to climb up, there are hundreds of stairs that can go up, and each one is enough for you to take a step. Of course, if you choose to be a rotten person and just want to lie down, no one will care about it, as long as you pay the rent.

A dark-skinned young man named Wang Tudou.

He has been traveling outside for more than a year and has achieved remarkable results.

In the second-level star gate, Wang Tudou killed forty-eight Sui Shou people and was the most wanted criminal in the Sui Shou people organization.

Today he came back, and more than a year's harvest was all in those two huge bags.

Walking all the way up, there is more and more sunshine, and the view becomes wider and wider.

I don’t know why, but every time Wang Tudou walks up the narrow exterior stairs, he feels like “you only need to take one step in life and look up to see the vast scenery.”

He likes this feeling very much, one step at a time, two steps, down-to-earth upward... It doesn't matter when to stop, the important thing is that he walked this road by himself.

……

Black Cage Castle, Yunding, the landlord's residence.

An old man dressed in cloth, with a cigarette in his mouth, was fiddling with a bunch of keys.

At the door, Guo Caier, Xing Tao, the scholars belonging to the freedom camp, and the grooms belonging to the chaos camp were all kneeling on the ground at this moment.

"Predators, roadside dogs, spiritual gatherings...a group of extremely bad old guys had a meeting with me." The old landlord in commoner clothes didn't seem to have a good look in his eyes. He was very close and very close. He carefully divided the key chain, but said in a loud voice: "Three thousand players are here, and we also spent our own money to buy you a large number of magical props. You know, it is not easy to collect rent and make some money... I originally I'm not willing to pay for it. When entering the Star Gate, the strong will win, and the weak will retreat. No matter what the outcome is, it's fair. If you can't deal with that...Shou Sui baby, you deserve to die. It’s yours, not mine.”

"...!"

The four of them were silent.

"But, those old bad guys have been trying to persuade me, saying that if the number of people who watch the year is getting bigger, it will be difficult for me to do the job of collecting rent." The old man said calmly: "When I thought about it, it made the same sense. So we support part of the military expenditure, but that’s all we can do. Whether you can win in the end depends on you.”

"After saying it three times, it fades away. Go ahead, go ahead." The old man waved his hand: "Oh, by the way, before entering the Star Gate, you will gather at the patio square."

The four of them looked at each other, saluted respectfully, and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute, little girl, you stay here and I'll talk to you a few more words." The old man suddenly shouted.

……

Suzaku City.

Yan Duoduo, Ren Ye and others had just returned to the academy when a watcher from the Ministry of Etiquette rushed over.

"Mr. Pig's goods have arrived." The watcher said softly: "The 489 people have also gathered."

"call!"

As soon as Ren Ye heard this, he knew that he was about to enter the Star Gate again.