Conquering alien worlds starts from the game

Earth time, October 31, Thursday.

This ordinary working day has touched the hearts of many players in "Alien"—today is also the settlement day for the mayor's competition.

The popular anchor Vanilla Pudding, the RMB player La Hong, and the unrecognized Ji Tang, two of them will become the mayors of Exiled Town or Westham in the "Alien" game after today.

When it was close to 24:[-] noon on earth time and [-]:[-] in the game time, online players stopped what they were doing and looked at the information panel.

Under the watchful mentality of the vast majority of players and the trepidation of a small number of players... As soon as the time reached twelve o'clock noon on earth time, a very eye-catching message in yellow was swiped out from the information panel:

"[System Announcement]: Congratulations to players La Hong and Ji Tang for winning this month's mayor election!"

The voice of "Damn—!!" appeared over Desolation Stronghold, Exile Town, and Westham at the same time.

The "civilian NPCs" in Desolate Stronghold and Exile Town are used to these undead going crazy at midnight. The "civilian NPCs" who have just been included in Tarantan's ruling system for less than three days (foreign time) are still in the adaptation period. You have to peek out of your window with trepidation.

"Is there any mistake? How could it be Ji Tang?!" Qin Guan, who was doing his daily routine in Westem, jumped up angrily, "Obviously I'm about the same as La Hong! Even if I'm not number one, I should be the first." It's my second!! Shady! There is a shady on the cliff!"

Rex the Warrior Mentor, Jerome the Knight Mentor, and the Three Walkers Mentor have all come to Westham. Players of these professions will naturally have to move their positions if they want to continue to gain the reputation of the Mentor.

In fact, after accepting the task in Westem and then teleporting back to the town of exile, it is okay to continue to move bricks in the guild, but the players are too lazy to wait for the teleportation CD every half an hour... Anyway, the prestige task on Westem's side is the same as moving bricks : Remove all the useless decorative compartments inside the clubhouse, club, tavern, etc. in the original red light district street, and transform it into a functional building.

For example, the weapon master Rex is now counted as a daily task given to players by moving bricks, which is to turn a strip show into a supermarket - the original performance venue, audience seats, compartments and so on have to be demolished. The dismantled wooden planks and bricks that can be reused to build shelves are kept, and those that are not used are pushed to the garbage station outside the town for centralized incineration or landfill.

The professional mentors contracted the construction of the entire street in sections. The red light district at the moment has naturally become a large construction site where players get together-the truth may be absent, and the task of moving bricks will never be absent.

Qin Guan was so angry that he jumped on the spot for a while, and pointed his hand angrily at Ji Tang, who was also moving bricks on the construction site of the warrior mentor: "Say! Did your uncle go through the back door? Don't object, I know you will." It’s Uncle’s Party, your account is not in the same group as us players!”

In the black-and-white supermarket to be renovated, Ji Tang, who was smashing the door of the compartment with a sledgehammer, squatted with his hands.

He really can't accept this...

It's not convenient for Ji Tang to defend himself, Tang Jia, who was squatting with Ji Tang to gain reputation, didn't care about it, and said: "Calm down, Mr. Vanilla, we can understand that you are in a bad mood, but there is no need to say that, Ji Tang is He didn't go through any back door, and his reputation was built up by us watching it little by little."

"Then how did Ji Tang's reputation surpass that of Vanilla Boss?" On the other side, a passer-by player who was loading garbage in a trolley asked curiously, "As soon as the mayor's election campaign came out, Vanilla Boss and Brother Lahong started a long time ago. I've received the materials and handed over my reputation, but I haven't seen how Ji Tang accepts them?"

Originally, there were not many warriors who earned their prestige. The dungeon of the weekend event was launched. Some players saw the prospect of the warrior, a 12-second real man (the time to put a set of skills), and they also came to farm. Now they are squatting on this construction site. There are several players who have not changed their profession.

Others are already earning the prestige needed for the second rank, and these players are still earning the prestige of the first rank, not to mention how salty they are... But the salty fish players are not bad, people can be strong if they want nothing, no one hugs their thighs, talk or something There is no need to worry about your position; as soon as this player raised a question, the other players all looked over and became the melon eaters with great interest.

"Hey! That's something to talk about!" Tang Jia immediately regained her spirits, slapping her thighs and jumping up, "Can I talk about it now, Ji Tang? Anyway, the dust has settled and there's no need to hide it, right?"

Ji Tang: "..."

He understood why yesterday's entropy didn't increase and Tang Jia told Tang Jia to shut up and stop (don't post) for a long time. This girl really can't hide things.

Yang Ying went offline to cook, the entropy didn't increase, she refused to continue skipping classes, and the online ones really couldn't control Tang Jia, this girl just took Ji Tang's pain in the face as her default, and compared her thumbs up, she was proud Chongyun said: "That's right, Ji Tang's prestige was indeed not as high as Vanilla's and La Hong's, but yesterday we Ji Tang did three hidden missions with super cool rewards in a row! The prestige of the territory has been raised to high!"

What she was talking about was Ji Tang, and what she was talking about with her thumb was... herself.

But it's not important, the players present didn't care about it either. When they heard the three hidden missions, even Qin Guan who was angry was startled: "Damn?! Really??"

"Ahahahaha! Of course it's true!" Don't mention Tang Jia's self-satisfaction, she poked her thumb up wildly, "Didn't you see that there is an extra sanitation bureau in this town, and a garbage station outside the town? Do you know who proposed the red-light district renovation plan, and who planned the brick-moving task we are doing now? It’s all Ji Tang!"

"Rex handed over his knee on the spot! Lao Yang made 666 consecutively!"

"Others are still looking for quests all over the street, we, Ji Tang, knew to ask Rex to create quests! Didn't expect that!"

"Last night, as soon as Lao Yang made his debut, he gave Ji Tang three construction medals, one of which can be exchanged for [-] points of territorial prestige, oh ha ha ha ha!"

All players: "...(゜ロ゜)"

Players who eat melons expressed shock: "This game can still be played like this?!"

"Mom, is the degree of freedom so high? Can the NPC listen to the player's suggestion and arrange tasks??"

"I am convinced of this operation!"

"Do I really know how to play "Alien"??"

Before the group of players finished expressing their emotions, the yellow characters on the information panel were swiped out again:

"[System Announcement]: After a random draw, the player La Hong got the post of mayor of Exile Town, and the player Ji Tang got the post of mayor of Westham Town."

"[System Announcement]: Please log off the above players in time to load the mayor's management panel."

"[System Announcement]: The mayor's management panel includes the following:

The mayor can plan the vacant land inside and outside the town, and allocate it to NPCs or players to build blood alliance strongholds, houses, workshops, shops, manors, farms, factories, etc.

NPCs or players who apply for land need to have sufficient qualifications (friendly and above territory prestige, intimate and above Undead Chamber of Commerce prestige), and need to pay a land use fee equivalent to the approved land, and pay monthly rent.

If the lease is terminated or there is no development within half a month after renting the land, the town mayor has the right to take back the land.

The town mayor can appoint NPCs or players to serve as sheriffs and affairs officers.

The security officer can recruit up to 20 security officers, and the affairs officer can recruit up to [-] administrative clerks and operators.

Regardless of whether the above positions are held by NPCs or players, the salary is determined by the mayor.

The taxes generated by commercial activities in the town and the rental and transfer fees of land use rights are included in the local finance, which is controlled by the mayor. The mayor must ensure the orderly operation of the local finance during his tenure. If there is a fiscal deficit, the mayor may be dismissed early.

……etc. "

As soon as this announcement came out, the players who were online or just online, whether they didn't care about the mayor's election or were not even interested in eating melons, were all blown away.

When the news was released that the mayor can appoint officials and have the authority to issue daily missions that can refresh the small bosses, the players' moods were quite stable. After all, this game lacks no bosses, and the desolate stronghold is full of people. Wild monsters that can't even be identified by their level can be killed if they want to kill monsters and pull a group out.

This time, the authority of the mayor was fully released, and the melon-eating players discovered that the newly added monopoly daily is nothing at all...

For a while, players from the three places talked about it.

Not satisfied with beeping with their relatives and friends, many people simply went offline and went to the synchronously updated bulletin post on the forum to have a lively discussion with those cloud players who have not yet logged in and have no accounts.

The number of replies to the announcement post is refreshed crazily visible to the naked eye...

"I rely on the dog to plan, is it causing trouble again? The mayor has such great power, and the blood alliance stronghold has to be approved by the mayor. What if the special code is hostile to the blood alliance, what should I do if there is no stronghold?"

"Why does the way of selling land and doing development look so familiar to me? Is this town mayor really good at playing? Is this playing a game or running to become an official in the game?"

"Is the official plan to let players do city construction?"

"Is there a mistake? Players are responsible for the financial deficit!"

"Don't be stupid, it's impossible to make a deficit by selling land casually, maybe you can still put some in your pocket"

"I have a question. Can the mayor be corrupt? If he is really corrupt, will he be cut off?"

"And become a BOSS to pay for it? Isn't that very exciting?"

"I can rely on this!"

"If it's Ji Tang's bossy BOSS who came into the capital, it's almost the same as going in to seek abuse."

"That's right, Ji Tang is awesome enough, and he will be invincible with a BOSS panel."

"Don't be fooled, you really don't think the mayor's authority is too much? It's fine if the NPC is the mayor, but if the player takes the mayor, other people still have to play?"

"Why is the sentence pattern upstairs so barking like a defeated dog? If you are not convinced, you can also gain the reputation of the territory. It will be over if you defeat those two on the settlement day next month."

"Don't start a war, can we have a serious discussion? I know Brother Lahong spent a lot of money to collect materials. How did Ji Tang get there? Is there something shady about it?"

"Are you sure the upstairs isn't starting a fight?"

"Who started the war? Who doesn't know that the vanilla boss has also spent a lot of money to build reputation. How many people in the online discussion have never sold their materials? Has any of you sold it to Ji Tang?"

"Shady! Shady! Ji Tang is definitely the uncle's party!"

"Is there a whole melon from a big bird, please don't hide it."

"I am a big bird, let me tell you the truth..."

Brother Lahong, who won the mayor of the exile town, found out that the results of the lottery had come out without participating in the lottery at all, and it was not his turn to the newly won big town of Westham. Laughing, and feeling that what I got seems to be curry-flavored SHI, I feel a little bad anyway...

While offline and waiting for the mayor's panel to load, Brother Lahong used this complicated mentality to browse the forum, and when he went online again, he still felt very uncomfortable.

After the siege task was settled, the guys updated their equipment. Both Qin Guan and Lahong were waiting for the peak online period to organize manpower to do the blood alliance order task. At noon, Brother Lahong had already brought his hardcore people Uniformly spread to the desolate stronghold, and prepare to brush the poisonous mist swamp and get some materials for backup before starting the mission of the order of the blood alliance.

Ming Feng is simple, obsessed with learning, and Phantom are all waiting for him near the online point. Seeing that La Hong is online, they all come over together: "How so, La Hong, what about the mayor's management panel?"

"Don't worry." Brother Lahong brought up his personal panel, looked down, and said, "There is an extra mayor button next to the personal panel. After clicking it, there is a management panel. The map of ... Let me take a look, the land that can be granted to the player is marked with a white dotted line—what the hell?!"

"What's the matter?" Indulging in learning, he wished he could take a look at Brother Lahong's panel.

"Mom, mother fucker!" Brother Lahong was so excited that his voice changed, "This, this map—the map of Exile Town is so big! The land with a radius of dozens of miles outside the valley is under my control!!"

Several die-hards were also excited: "I am so cool?! Awesome!!"

"Wait a minute, can Mayor Westem manage such a big place?" Phantom asked.

Mingfeng honestly said immediately: "Certainly not. The outside of Westem is not as empty as the exile town. There are villages and farmland everywhere. The announcement made it very clear that the mayor of the player can only control the open space."

"So it's still a good deal in Exile Town!" Indulging in learning said happily, "Although there are not as many NPCs in Exile Town as Westem, but the place is large, there are many open spaces, and there is a lot of room to play. Not to mention anything else, we need to set up a blood alliance stronghold It's hard to do in Westham, there's not so much open space, and only the exile town can play freely."

"That's right!" Ming Feng honestly nodded excitedly, "Manor farms are also difficult to deal with in Westham, unless the mayor of the player expropriates the land of the locals. The degree of freedom in this game is so high that expropriation is possible. Expropriation, but there must be a price, it is not as convenient as the town of exile, in the future, those players who earn the reputation of the Undead Chamber of Commerce must come to the town of exile... The town of exile is the core of this game!"

Brother Lahong only felt that the depression in his heart was swept away, and the ambition to build his own big town from the vast white ground sprouted in his heart, and he waved his bone claws vigorously: "Stop spawning monsters, and go back to exile town! Make a good plan How to run our hometown!"

A few hard-core members immediately called out the staff, called back the friends who were scattered all over the stronghold, and sent them back to the town of exile...

Yang Qiu, who was watching this group of players from the imprint matrix, calmly shifted his gaze.

Brother Lahong's own self-feeling and what the players on the forum said were correct. The assignment of the mayors of the two players was indeed a secret operation.

Brother Lahong is a player after all, he is playing with the mentality of a game, Yang Qiu must not give him Westem, where thousands of people live...

After all, it is not a transfer of official positions in reality. Which town they are assigned to serve is not serious enough to affect the rest of their lives for the players. That's enough.

But Ji Tang is different. He is not a pure player, but a patient who enters the game to "recover his illness".

Secondly, Ji Tang has a background in the national team, and there will be experts to advise him; what is a town of thousands of people, when will Yang Qiu hand over the territory of Inadoli, which has a population of one million, to Ji Tang? There can be no trouble.

To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the fact that this mess is still limited to the "game" framework, and some things have to be covered up so that they can't go too far, Yang Qiu will probably completely delegate power and leave it to Ji Tang to do it...

The town halls of the towns on both sides have been tidied up and left to the mayor of the player to "inherit". Yang Qiu brought his follower Rowell to live in the former mayor's house of Westem, and he has seen Brother Lahong Yang Qiu turned to observe Ji Tang——

Then he found out that Ji Tang was not online.

"Did you go off the assembly line to move the rescuers?" Yang Qiu touched his chin, and immediately turned his attention to the two toolmen from the Undead Chamber of Commerce in Exile Town... No, it was San.

During the player's attack on Westem, "Director Lu" arranged for another toolman player to go online.

It's night in another world, and those three tool men... are not online.

"Hmm... 'Director Lu' is probably about to send another email." Yang Qiu pondered for a while, got up and looked at the closed guest room door, opened the space-time rift, and returned to Earth.

Not long after the magic fluctuations caused by the space-time rift disappeared, the closed door of the guest room opened, and Supervisor Rowell, who was only wearing a nightgown, came out.

Staring blankly at the vacant high-back chair for a while, Supervisor Rowell rolled up his sleeves and began to rummage through the boxes.

The former mayor's house is a single-story single-story villa with a low-key appearance and a gorgeous interior. It has six rooms and a wide courtyard. The bedroom is as spacious as all the rooms in an ordinary house plus one. For classroom use.

Yang doesn't need a bedroom, he never even uses the bathroom, he only spends time in the living room and study; Rowell searched the living room and study, and found nothing special except for various snacks and refreshments...

"The books he usually reads in his hands, wouldn't he just put them in his residence..." Inspector Lowell frowned and thought, "No——does he really regard this place as his residence?"

"The place he regards as his residence...is it really in his plane connected by the space-time rift?"

This phenomenon puzzled Lowell. It is not uncommon for high-level magicians to travel between different planes through controllable and stable space-time rifts. Occasionally, they can be seen in free markets in big cities. The undead mount was brought back by the black magician from the Dimensional Demon Realm.

In addition to the ten-layered Dimensional Demon Realm, there are countless other planes... Because the stable time-space rift will disappear due to the death of the holder, even the court mages of the Kenyan Empire dare not say so far How many planes have had contact with this plane.

But in any case, one thing is certain: all unknown planes have unknowable risks, and few stable space-time rift owners will trust alien planes more than their own planes.

It is not an exaggeration to describe a high-level black magician like Yang who is old and cunning, so trusting in that alien plane, and even arranges his stable residence there... Luo, who had contacted the owner of the stable space-time rift, From Will's point of view, it was really hard to understand.

"His secrets... more than I thought."

Inspector Rowell couldn't think of a clue, so he simply paused his thinking, walked to the window, and silently looked out at the street.

The ownership of Westham Territory changed hands without knowing it, and the anger of the original lord, Baron Marcus, can be imagined... Although the baron could not contact the original mayor, nor could he find the sheriff and militia captain (these people All imprisoned), still haven't figured out what happened in Westham Town, but it doesn't prevent the Baron from taking revenge.

The first measure of Baron Marcus's revenge was to cut off Westem's power supply.

The power plant located on the outskirts of Innatrix was willing to transmit electricity to Westham, dozens of kilometers away. Baron Marcus’ father made great efforts; Deli enjoys the convenience of life in a big city and is unwilling to come to the remote and backward Westham, but he has always maintained friendship with the power plant, and it is not difficult to ask the power plant to stop supplying the Baron's face.

It's just that this kind of sanction is useless...

The red-light districts that require a lot of electricity are all closed and closed, and even the site is being relocated in the direction of urban functional buildings. The original hosts who re-lit the wind lanterns (kerosene lamps) have no dissatisfaction at all.

As for the residents of the town...they couldn't afford electricity at first, and there had never been such high-end gadgets as wires in their homes.

Not to mention the townspeople, the handicraftsmen in the town have never pulled wires.

It's not that those workshop owners can't use electricity, but that these small businesses don't have the manpower to protect the wires-you know, the wires are rubber tubes wrapped in copper, both of which can attract thieves.

In other words, Baron Marcus' iron fist of revenge is like hitting cotton, and it has no effect at all...

Monitor Rowell stood at the window, and could see faint figures moving on the street. Those tireless undead didn't even need electricity, and they could come and go freely in such a dark night...

Rowell watched it for a while, shook his head, and retreated to the bedroom in the dark.

He had to rest well, recharge his spirits, keep his eyes open to observe Yang, observe these strange undead of Tarantan, and learn all the information about them as much as possible.

Tarantan borders the Kingdom of the Rhine and the Principality of Shiga. It is impossible for Inspector Lowell not to worry that what happened on the land of the Kingdom of the Rhine will be repeated in the Principality of Shiga... He must plan ahead!

After returning to Earth, Yang Qiu first called a nearby noodle shop to order a takeaway, took off his cumbersome robes, and sat in front of the computer to check his emails.

"Director Lu" really sent him an email again, and the sending time was 10 minutes ago... It is estimated that not long after Ji Tang went offline, the experts began to think about how to use Ji Tang's position in the player town to gain the other world intelligence.

Yang Qiu opened the email, glanced at the beginning, and was shocked.

"Director Lu" probably wrote this email very urgently, and he didn't even say to find a passable excuse. He came up and said that a state-owned mine in G province had replaced a batch of 100KW mine generator sets, with automatic operation, high efficiency, low power consumption and stable power Economical, durable, green and environmentally friendly...