Oud City is built around the South Pole, and the entrance to the Source of Darkness is naturally at the center of this steel fortress, which is also the seat of the Star Card Association.
The lighting cards on the dome operate day and night, but the star card masters in the city do not. They still move around the city according to their own biological clocks.
Judging from the time in Aude City, it was just dawn, but there were already many people on the road.
Lu Li walked through the middle of the gray city, looking at this magical city curiously.
On the road, a column of uniformed Star Card Divisions passed by. They were the Order Army of the seven federations stationed here, responsible for maintaining order in the city.
Their helmets and vests are specially made to be immune to a certain amount of star power attacks.
The cost of this equipment is very high.
It would cost a lot of money to have all the order troops in the city.
But this also shows that the Federation is not at ease with this false order, otherwise it would not have spent a lot of money to fully equip the Ord City Order Army.
At the same time, there were some disheveled Star Card Masters on the roadside, smelling of alcohol, standing on the roadside yelling at the Federation and the Army of Order.
Maybe because they haven't been exposed to the sun all year round, their skin is very white, just like the staff at the city gate toll booth.
Seeing the patrol of the Army of Order, these disheveled Star Card Masters not only did not restrain themselves, but intensified their efforts.
They laughed wildly and gave the Army of Order the middle finger and whistled, with ridicule and disdain written on their faces.
One of them cursed in English, and Lu Li naturally understood it.
The man called him a "confederate lackey."
These people are basically Star Card Masters who are wanted by the Federation or have no place within the Federation. There is no doubt that they have resentment towards the Federation.
However, the Order Army patrolling on the road seemed not to have seen the behavior of this group of exiled Star Card Masters, nor heard the unpleasant yelling and ridicule, and just continued its patrol mission.
It's like a robot executing a program, walking on a designated route.
The helmets completely obscured their faces, making it impossible to see their expressions.
For the sake of this fragile peace and order, the seven major federations gave the exiled Star Card Masters great freedom.
As long as you don't do anything in the city, that's fine.
As for yelling and cursing, it doesn't matter.
It is better to block than to loosen up. After all, when near the source of darkness, everyone will become a little irritable and need some means of catharsis.
Being able to exchange for a longer-term order with this painless approach is already a profit.
"What's wrong? Do you feel a little magical?" Han Youde asked with a smile when he saw his apprentice looking around.
"It's true, these Order troops have good mental qualities." Lu Li nodded.
"You know a hammer." Han Youde curled his lips and said, "Their helmets have built-in sound insulation. Only the captain's helmet has no sound insulation. The rest of the people can only hear the captain's command from their helmets, not passers-by. Yelling and cursing..."
"The person who came up with this idea is really talented." Lu Li felt a little ashamed.
Oud City is not that big, and the location of the hotel where the master and apprentice stayed is not bad. It only took them nearly thirty minutes to walk to the Star Card Association.
The Ord City Star Card Association is known as the southernmost association on Blue Star. It is a gray tower building located in the center of the Steel Fortress.
Near the minaret, people coming and going became denser.
The entrance to the Source of Darkness is on the underground floor of this tower.
In the center of the hall are two elevators that can reach all floors of the tower.
Like the adventurer guilds in various online stories, the first floor of the Star Card Association is where star card masters brag and accept tasks.
In the lobby...
Well, the center of the hall is at the South Pole, so logically every direction is north.
To the north of the hall is the recruitment area.
A recruitment board composed of dozens of electronic display screens scrolls with various recruitment information.
Most tasks are officially commissioned by major federations, and only a few are tasks issued in private names.
There were several star card masters standing in front of the electronic screen. Judging from their casual and shabby clothes, they were all star card masters who had been exiled here.
There is a table next to the electronic screen that scrolls with recruitment information.
A man wearing an Army of Order uniform sat behind the desk. There was a pen and paper on the desk, which looked like a registration form.
The star card masters lined up obediently and filled in their personal information under the watchful eyes of the Army of Order members.
It was completely opposite to the way he cursed outside the association, and looked a little funny in comparison.
"Teacher, what are they doing?" Lu Li asked curiously.
"Probably the Federation is recruiting Source Explorers." Han Youde explained, "There are too many unknown areas inside the Star Power Source. For example, inside our Light Source, there are many pioneers who have explored unknown lands. This That’s why we have the current map of the source of light.”
Not only the map of the source of light, but the maps of the remaining seven sources are also hung on the official website of the Star Card Association, and are provided free of charge to all star card masters who go to explore the interior of the source.
The source of darkness has only been developed for a few years, and its level of development is far lower than that of other sources of star power. It is at a stage that requires manual exploration.
Lu Li looked specifically at the scrolling task list on the recruitment electronic screen.
I found that the rewards given in these tasks were fair. Each exploration mission was specially marked with a danger level, and the rewards would increase with the increase in danger level.
Moreover, everything obtained by these star card masters during the exploration of the source of darkness also belongs to these explorers.
Aude City was built in the desolate Yongye District. The lack of resources led to high prices in the city.
After all, there are only a few star card masters above level five who can waive expenses and receive subsidies.
The remaining star card masters must have a lot of expenses if they want to live in this "ideal land" in the snow.
They either go to the source of darkness to obtain materials after replenishing resources in exchange for money, or they run outside the safe zone like Mike and dominate the sea to become pirates to earn money.
"Stop looking and go to the front desk to pay." Han Youde patted Lu Li on the shoulder, "This city is really dark. You have to pay for everything you do. Except for explorers hired by the federation, everyone else has to pay to enter the source of darkness. It costs money.”
Lu Li walked to the front desk with his debit card.
Like the entrance fee to the city, the ticket to enter the Dark Source is 10,000 star coins per person.
After paying two tickets, the front desk staff gave Lu Li two black star cards, which were the same as the city entry certificates, with the word "Order" printed on them.
The master and apprentice followed the crowd and squeezed into the elevator.
The entrance to the Source of Darkness goes deep underground, one floor away, and the elevator takes nearly two minutes.
"Ding"
A crisp prompt sounded, and the closed elevator door slowly opened.
The dark star power in the underground layer was very strong, almost rushing towards his face, making Lu Li feel slightly uncomfortable.
The biting cold that rushed straight to his brain seemed to be greeting him.
"Welcome to the Dark Source."
