The rent gap in residential areas directly reflects the gap between rich and poor for the people living here.
In a Datong-style tile-roofed house, except for one bed, fifty people share a narrow space of two aisles. If necessary, they will not even distinguish between men and women. The rent for such a house is five cents a day.
The slightly more advanced, narrow dormitory-style room with bunk beds for sixteen people lasts ten days.
These two are also the choices of most people. After all, there are plenty of places outside, and having a place to sleep is enough.
Lu Ning looked at the room with a price tag of twenty-one days and fell into deep thought.
It's a four-person room with a shared wardrobe, table, toilet, and kitchen. It's like a small shared apartment. For Lu Ning, the public bathhouse she passed before really didn't seem like a suitable place to solve her own hygiene problems.
Three hundred points in fifteen days is not as good as inviting Yan Danqinghua.
This is probably what the saying goes from luxury to frugality means?
Lu Ning looked at the envious eyes of the five-point and ten-point people lined up next to her, and took out her mobile phone to swipe her account and get her keys.
"There is no changing service here. It just depends on luck as to what kind of roommate you meet. No special arrangements will be made except for gender." Behind the counter, the owl-headed service staff said in a sharp voice.
Even if the room is twenty, the service attitude is still terrible.
Lu Ning did not argue about this and took the "key", a cardboard card.
"Enter the number above on your personal terminal. Only residents can open this room, and the daily rent will be deducted from your account. If you don't want to continue renting, you must go to the counter to check out, otherwise the deduction will continue. Your money, understand?”
"knew."
Lu Ning quickly entered the number. When she put away her phone, she found that the people in the queue next to her were looking at her intensely. No matter how calm she was, she was still a little uncomfortable being stared at, so she quickly left the place.
After finding the residential building where she was sitting and climbing to the third floor, she realized that it was a really narrow place.
There are four households on each floor of the three floors. Except for the stairs, there is no corridor visible. If people from four houses came out at the same time, the area at the door of each floor would probably be full.
Lu Ning opened the door of her room.
The indoor space looked pretty good, the lights in the room were bright, and it was obvious that the people inside had not rested yet.
"Good evening."
Cheng Wuling, who was sitting on a bed near the door, greeted Lu Ning expressionlessly.
Besides her, the two beds by the window were already occupied. On the left is a very elegant and beautiful woman, who definitely looks no older than twenty-five 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-looking woman, who has shrunk into the quilt, sitting on the bed and leaning against the wall, looking over here, with a look like "I'm in a bad mood" written all over her face.
"Thank God, we finally have a fourth roommate." The woman holding the book smiled and said, "My name is Shu Xingruo. Nice to meet you."
"My name is Lu Ning, hello." Lu Ning is relatively slow to speak to people she meets for the first time.
Shu Xingruo didn't care about Lu Ning's somewhat 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 better." Shu Xingruo stood up and said to Lu Ning, "Lu Ning, you can take a rest first. There is some food in the kitchen. I'll get it."
Then, she walked into a small door with great interest. Lu Ning was stunned for a moment, and her eyes wandered on Cheng Wuling and Su Zhilan.
"Just get used to it. This is how they treated me when I came." Cheng Wuling didn't care.
"Eating people has a short mouth... Why didn't I control my mouth at that time." Su Zhilan muttered.
Looking at it this way, it seems that my roommates get along very well with each other.
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, now we can continue the topic we just talked about." As if something big had been solved, Shu Xingruo happily sat back on his bed and picked up the book.
Lu Ning took a closer look and saw that it was the so-called beginner's manual.
"Did you really buy this?"
Su Zhilan sneered.
"This guy bargained for ten points and also came with a few gifts. When the transaction was completed, the brother almost cried."
"It's not good to say it. I also want to save some money..."
"People who live in a house worth twenty have no right to talk about savings."
"What's wrong? Are you still feeling distressed?"
"Miss Four Thousand Cents! You dragged me here! Three hundred in fifteen days! We poor people can't afford this price!"
Although Su Zhilan was complaining, her tone was not really angry.
"Have you... 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 spends his time between the first and second lines. I am a novel writer and sometimes a part-time screenwriter. We have collaborated once..."
"It's fate."
"What a bad fate..."
Su Zhilan looked hopeless. She was probably too familiar with Shu Xingruo, so she was pulled out of the crowd and ran to rent a house here.
However, the two singing together made Lu Ning feel better.
"I was about to say, don't you want to save money on rent? Why don't we go to the next testing ground early?"
Shu Xingruo forcibly changed the topic.
"Earlier?" Su Zhilan immediately shook her head, "Are you crazy? I don't want to be nervous all the time! It's not like 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 accumulate points and upgrade quickly, so that we can still maintain our advantage."
"Haste makes waste, do you understand?"
However, Lu Ning agreed with Shu Xingruo's opinion.
"No matter how long it takes to pass through the testing ground, the time it takes to pass here is seven days. If you want to make good use of your time, the testing ground is obviously more suitable."
"It's so dangerous out there! What if you die?" Su Zhilan turned her head and looked at Lu Ning.
"Sooner or later you have to go in, sooner or later you have to face these."
Cheng Wuling also agreed: "The first-level test score is only 5,000. In two more times, we can save enough money to guarantee the promotion. It is not suitable to stay here for too long."
"Two more times?"
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 person as you."
Shu Xingruo showed a disappointed look: "We are old friends. If we enter together, we can take care of each other. 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 stay here for fifteen days to get my free time settled before planning! It's useless for anyone to advise me. !”
After saying that, Su Zhilan covered the quilt, lay down on the bed and stopped talking. Shu Xingruo smiled softly and made a small gesture to Lu Ning and Cheng Wulin.
The night is getting darker.
Now that we have decided so, just use this time to rest and prepare. Ten days later, Lu Ning, Cheng Wulin, and Shu Xingruo came to the self-service inquiry machine area of the information center and pressed their application button.
Applying at the same time can only increase the chance of entering the same scene, but there will definitely not be many new people applying at this time.
Lu Ning's cell phone immediately received a message.
[Dear visitors:
Your test site application has been approved. Now please follow the instructions and go to the next location to receive the content of this test site.
·Go to bus station No. 1 of the distribution center within two hours and take bus TH1386.
I wish you a pleasant journey! 】
Lu Ning was stunned for a moment and looked at Cheng Wuling and Shu Xingruo beside her.
"Do you have any... tips?"
"I have to go to a room inside." Cheng Wuling glanced at the message, "What? The prompts are different?"
"It seems different." Shu Xingruo put down his cell phone, "I was asked to return to the gate of the residential area and board a carriage."
There was no choice but to separate, and they didn't know whether they had entered the same testing field. The three of them had no choice but to wish each other well and go separate ways.
Lu Ning rushed to the station and happened to see the bus parked there. It was red and white in color and very old in style. You can move directly on a small floating board in the distribution center. The station is only meant to provide a free means of transportation. Lu Ning did not expect such a use.
There was a driver sitting on the bus, who was also dressed in the classic style of the non-human service staff here. This driver had a rose on his head, and there were still a few thorns sticking out of his collar.
"Hello...I'm here to take part in the test site..." Lu Ning walked to the door of the car. As soon as she said this, the driver suddenly stood up, raised his hand and took out a letter from his pocket, and threw it on the first row of seats. .
"Lu Ning, this test site is a closed site, [Pursuers of the Holy Code], and the global time is forty days. As an additional reminder to newcomers, please pay attention to playing your role, which will help Your survival and evaluation.”
"Uh...thank you." Lu Ning vaguely felt that this time would be very different from the one at Ghost Villa.
"Then, please get in the car."
Lu Ning walked up and picked up the envelope at the sign of the Rose driver. Just as she 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 for "The Pursuer of the Holy Code". 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 early after completing the mission.
This tip:
1. Everyone has their own secrets, some are insignificant, and some may lead to death.
2. There is no necessary role-playing requirement for tourists’ own identity, but actions that are inconsistent with their identity may cause difficulty in subsequent actions.
3. Don’t think that everyone has the same goals as you.
4. People in the scene can also communicate, so don’t ignore their existence.
I wish you a pleasant journey! 】
Lu Ning pinched the thick envelope and instantly felt that there were more mysteries she might face next.
