The Old Gun Tavern is a hunter's tavern.
The entire three-story building was filled with treasure hunters who came to have fun.
The sound of heavy metal music was as noisy as bombardment, scantily clad girls were twisting and dancing in sexy poses on the stage, and the air was filled with a strong smell of hormones. There are restless men and women everywhere, and even the dim light is like a catalyst for lust, illuminating the faces with unabashed desire.
Ji Xun squeezed through the crowd and walked to the bar.
He glanced at the price list and shouted to the bartender: "A beer."
A beer, eighty.
Minimum spend on wine list.
He sat down on the high stool and took a sip of the foamy beer. It tasted slightly bitter, but fortunately it had a strong alcohol taste.
Ji Xun observed everything in the tavern while drinking. The ears also automatically rejected the noisy music, catching all the words spoken by the drinkers at the tables, and split them into information and gossip.
Hunters no longer talk about just spelunking adventures.
More women and dirty jokes.
There are some others.
Ji Xun is particularly concerned about some new information about Innocence City.
My ears are full of news.
"A lot of new faces have come to Innocence City recently..."
"Can it not be too many? The Federal Parliament has issued a development order, and almost every day thousands of people from major cities come down. The elevators are almost smoking..."
"Hey, no wonder it's been so lively since I haven't been back for a month."
"The situation is not good. The big lords in the Federal Council have taken a fancy to the ruins of the old continent, and they want to force them into their jurisdiction. By then, those greedy noble lords will really control the Nugget Port, and nothing else. , I used to pay 70% of the tax first. It’s hard for us hunters.”
"Fuck taxes! I've been exiled, why do I still pay taxes? If the noble's dog claws are stretched out, I'll chop them off!"
"The Cao family really thinks that because they hold the position of governor, they are truly the lords of Innocence City? Haha, they still want to set up a security office in the lower city? Are they really wishful thinking!"
"That's right. Isn't it good for you to be a noble lord at the top? You have to reach down. Didn't the bodies of those law enforcement officers who came to the city a few days ago be thrown into the ditch? I said, sooner or later, the governor will One day he will die suddenly."
"Hahaha, that's right, fuck the nobles!"
"..."
What the hunters talk about the most is the current situation in Innocence City.
The contradiction between the aristocracy and the common people can already be heard in the words.
Ji Xun also listened with great interest.
Innocence City is crueler and more exciting than imagined.
.......
After hearing a few things, the pieces of the puzzle were put together in his mind, and Ji Xun finally confirmed his previous guess.
This is a cave world.
No sky, no sun, no moon.
Human beings are like ants, living in caves.
There are very rich resources and ancient ruins in the thick rock formations.
Mine, hunt for treasure and explore unknown caves.
This is a world where everyone is a treasure hunter!
The reason why this place is called the "Innocent City" was originally because it was the kingdom's place of exile.
That abyss crack was once known as the "end of the world" to people in this world.
Like a garbage dump, the Federation has exiled the most vicious criminals to the end of the world, where they can open up the wilderness and fend for themselves.
So for many years, the city was filled with all kinds of criminals, mercenaries, war criminals, gangsters, robbers, murderers, thieves and conspirators.
There are no legally innocent people here, it is truly a city of sin.
Only then did Ji Xun understand why the hunters he saw had a ruthless streak in them. It turned out that they were all exiled criminals.
But not until a few years ago.
An adventurer was exploring outside the rift and accidentally discovered an iron rope on the wall, which is the spell chain that now connects the Nugget Pier.
Only then did they realize that the rift in the world was not the end of the world.
And the adventurers followed the iron rope to the other side of the world.
They discovered another continent.
Later I found out that it was the Old World before the great catastrophe in ancient legends!
A piece of history that has been sealed for thousands of years has thus been unveiled.
The old continent is filled with black fog, overgrown with monsters, and murderous intent is hidden everywhere.
But at the same time, there are countless ruined cities, ancient treasures and rich mineral deposits!
"Devil's Cross" is just one of the ruins.
With this shocking discovery, Innocence City ushered in explosive development and was out of control.
Later, countless treasures were unearthed, which were already jealous of the nobles.
One day, the news suddenly spread.
As if overnight, Innocence City, a sinful corner that was once forgotten by the world, immediately became a hot treasure hunting place.
Half a year ago, the federal parliament issued a development order and established the Governor's Palace of Innocence City, hoping to make this treasure land federally owned.
For a time, a large number of outsiders poured into Sinless City.
Not only were a large number of criminals exiled to open up wasteland, there were also nobles, official legions, smugglers, speculators and a large number of treasure hunters.
New faces arrive almost every day.
.......
"So that's it."
After completing the origin of Innocence City in his mind, Ji Xun understood why the Cao family in the Governor's Mansion was so unpopular.
The Cao family is indeed very powerful, and its clan is one of the federal congressmen.
Now parachuted into Innocence City, there is no foundation. Except for his own guards and a few paid mercenary groups, the governor cannot command anyone.
Innocence City is full of exiled criminals, and they are extremely hostile to the Federation. There is no such thing as a "development order".
Innocence City has been a lawless place for so many years and has its own operating order.
At least hunters don't have to pay taxes on the treasures they get from exploring with their own lives.
Now those nobles have their eyes on the fat piece of the Old Continent and want to turn Innocence City into a kingdom territory to continue exploiting it. Naturally, that won't work.
The conflicts between the two sides have also intensified.
.......
As Ji Xun listened, he didn't realize that he had drank most of the wine.
There are more and more people in the tavern, and the atmosphere has reached its peak. The music hits the eardrums, and the aroma of psychedelic drugs in the white mist spurts from time to time stimulates everyone's hormone secretion.
Ji Xun was sitting alone at the bar, and someone had already noticed him.
Suddenly, a delicate body suddenly bumped into him.
Ji Xun turned around and saw a charming bunny girl, with a good appearance and a graceful figure.
She yelled: "Oh, I'm sorry. Handsome guy, alone?"
Ji Xun raised his eyebrows noncommittally.
Seeing this, the girl didn't care that her body was pressed against his arm, and asked coquettishly: "My name is Sally, can we have a drink together?"
Ji Xun naturally knew that it was not some beautiful woman who came to his door.
This is a paid item.
Or maybe someone noticed him drinking alone.
Seeing that he didn't speak, the girl seemed to have guessed people's hearts and directly greeted the bartender: "A glass of 'Matador'."
Ji Xun didn't say anything either.
He didn't mean to sound out of place.
I just looked at the price list. This wine costs 399, which is not too expensive.
He took out four banknotes very gentlemanly.
After all, when it comes to sources of information, in addition to professional intelligence dealers in Innocence City, these tavern girls also know a lot.
Oh, no.
These girls who have frequent contact with various hunters are most likely the informants of intelligence merchants.
Ji Xun had heard before he came that everything in Innocence City had a price, including information.
Knowing the rules will save you a lot of trouble.
The girl watched him pay, narrowed her eyes and smiled, and even more closely clung to her, "Did the handsome guy just come back from hunting?"
"Um."
Ji Xun knew that the smell of the carriage was soaked into his body, so there was no point in denying it.
The two started chatting while drinking.
Ji Xun asked vaguely for some information he wanted, and the girl thought it was just chatting, and answered all the questions.
Just like this for half an hour, the atmosphere became harmonious.
Seeing that the wine was about to be finished, Ji Xun thought that asking anyone would be a question. He wanted to spend his 399 in a worthwhile way and directly asked the question he wanted to know most urgently: "By the way, Miss Sally. I want to I’m trying to change my breathing method, do you have any suggestions?”
The girl looked at his confused look and said coquettishly: "Handsome guy, don't you want to talk about something else?"
As she said that, she did not forget to press her body closer, and the hint of ambiguity was already very strong.
But in Ji Xun's opinion...
That's it?
It's far worse than the charm of the fallen witch.
Ji Xun's performance made it impossible for outsiders to tell that he was an outsider who came to Innocence City for the first time. He looked like an experienced hunter who often hung out in taverns.
Reach out and give it a try to show respect.
Well, it's warm and smooth, and the feel isn't bad at all.
But now his body is still in a "weak state".
Sage's time, no time to deal with.
Above all, the need for pranayama is urgent.
.......
A negative state of "slightly out of control of spell power" has appeared on the attribute panel.
It's like a feeling of irritation, and the magic power keeps running around in the body.
I heard the hunters in the carriage say before that this was a sign of out-of-control distortion.
Ji Xun knew the reason very well.
The only bit of spell power was drawn from the corpse, and he didn't know how to control it at all.
And I remember there is another saying that hunters often say: Breathing is the most effective way to prevent distortion.
.......
After asking so many questions, the girl already knew that the man in front of her was purely here to get information.
Are you lustful but not impatient, or are you not interested in your own beauty?
But she also has professional ethics.
When the drinker pays, she has to pay the equivalent value.
Sally thought that since she was a hunter, she must have practiced breathing techniques.
She preconceivedly thought that Ji Xun probably wanted to change to a better breathing method, and muttered: "Oh~ the ordinary breathing methods sold in the market can only be practiced to the ninth level of spell power at most, and the efficiency is also low. It really should be changed to a better one. ."
After saying that, she continued: "However, it is difficult to find black iron breathing methods. If you go to the United Chamber of Commerce Auction House, you can occasionally see them."
As she spoke, she looked at Ji Xun's expression and added: "There are also various large hunter groups and mercenaries. Such as Battle Ax, Hydra, Golden Harp, Storm... If the handsome guy is willing to join the regular If you are a group, you will also have the opportunity to be assigned the Black Iron Breathing Technique if you join an elite team."
"..."
Ji Xun was very calm throughout the whole process and still didn't speak.
In his mind, he had silently memorized all this information.
He had heard from hunters before that joining a hunter group or a mercenary group required signing a contract, and there was also a team task of clearing up wasteland.
In fact, it is a contract of sale.
When you obtain resources, you will also be obliged to complete the tasks assigned by the team management.
Ji Xun had no intention of joining any hunter group for the time being, so he directly rejected this way of obtaining it.
The girl's professional ability is to observe words and expressions. Looking at Ji Xun's indifferent expression, she preconceivedly thought that he looked down on Black Iron and needed someone of higher quality.
She turned her crystal eyes and then said: "Silver-quality breathing methods are rare. I know there are several types of Hunter Guilds, and there are also some in several major gangs, but..."
She didn't finish her words, as if she thought the guest in front of her should know what she didn't say.
Those avenues are simply not something ordinary people dare to covet.
"..."
Ji Xun listened silently.
So there are so many qualities to the breathing method?
Seeing that he didn't speak, the girl continued: "Then there is the 'Law Enforcement Officer Training Camp' in the Governor's Mansion. The public recruitment announcement there said that breathing techniques will be given out for free, and there is also a complete [6 of Hearts - Law Enforcement Officer] career Sequence and subsequent promotion paths. After all, the Cao family is a high-level noble, and there is no shortage of breathing techniques and professional cards."
But as she said this, she also reminded: "But handsome guy, you should know that Innocence City is not very friendly to law enforcement officers. Even with such favorable conditions, few people go there. You..."
Ji Xun spoke at the right time: "I have no interest in law enforcement officers."
How come he still can't understand the contradiction between the upper-class nobles and the lower-class hunters?
If he really wanted to be a law enforcement officer in the city of Innocence, I'm afraid his body would be dumped in a gutter somewhere tomorrow.
The girl racked her brains and then added: "Then the 'Medical Association' does recruit doctor apprentices, but the breathing method is also biased toward healing, and few hunters choose it... In the end, it is either in the black market, but that I’m sure you’ve been to this kind of place before. It’s easy to suffer losses if you don’t have a familiar path, so you can only try your luck. There are also fighting competitions in casinos, and sometimes there are professional cards and breathing techniques as prizes... But I do recommend that you have them. If you have time, you can first go to the Hunter Guild Market on Gro Street in Nancheng. There are always unexpected surprises there..."
...
Ji Xun didn't change the breathing method, but didn't learn it at all.
So the demand is not that high.
In the current situation, he thought that he could just find a breathing method to deal with it.
After listening to the girl's words, Ji Xun had some ideas in his mind, so he planned to go shopping in Hunter Square Market first.
When the girl said this, she saw that the guest in front of her didn't respond much. She thought she had said too much, so she looked like she was drunk, and said coquettishly: "Oh~ I'm sorry, handsome man, I was drunk, so I seemed to have said some nonsense. ..”
Ji Xun smiled, "No. It's good."
To others, this might be some bad street information.
But it was very useful to Ji Xun.
At least the information is worth the price of the wine.
Seeing the girl finish a glass of wine, she was about to call the bartender to serve another drink.
Upon seeing this, Ji Xun stood up immediately.
He doesn't have much money, and he doesn't plan to spend it all here.
The salary of a mechanical apprentice in a factory in the city is less than RMB 3,000 per month. Drinking a few drinks costs only a few days' salary, which is not cheap.
What's more, information cannot be obtained in one place, otherwise it will be easy for someone to find out the details.
Ji Xun stood up, naturally put his arms around the girl's slender waist, and said, "Thank you, Miss Sally. I'm a little tired tonight, so I drank here."
There are hundreds of nightclubs in Downing Street, and he plans to visit somewhere else.
The girl looked at him getting up to leave, and looked stunned: "Ah...?"
Why don't you...do something else?
Before she could figure it out, Ji Xun had already left his seat and squeezed into the crowd.
The remaining girl was alone at the bar, confused.
At this time, a guy who looked like a pimp in the tavern came over and asked, "Sally, what happened to that strange face just now?"
The girl spread her hands: "He's just a hunter who just came back from exploring the cave. He's still asking about breathing methods. He's not worth paying attention to."
Pimp: "Oh?"
"Ah... I thought I could get some extra benefits tonight, so I drank two glasses of wine without thinking."
The girl complained slightly boringly, shaking the empty wine glass in her hand, but then she smiled with a crooked eyebrow and added: "But he is quite handsome~"
The pimp glanced at her helplessly, and then said: "Be more careful, there may be big movements in the city these days. Also, there was an order from Devil's Crossing today. The recent news is very valuable..."
The girl rolled her eyes: "I know."
...
Innocence City is very big, so you don’t have to rush to get to know it.
Ji Xun walked out of the Old Gun Tavern. He wanted to change to another tavern and sit there for a while to get more information before going to Fangshi for a stroll.
The huge mechanical clock pendulum on the clock tower in the distance kept swinging, pointing to twelve o'clock.
Thinking it must be midnight.
Despite the bright lights of Downing Street, there is chaos and disorder hidden everywhere under the bustle. There are sewage flowing across the bumpy streets, trash can rats in the alleys rummaging through food unscrupulously, beggars in ragged clothes and various punk gang members with evil eyes can be seen everywhere on the streets.
The stark contrast between the rich and the poor can be seen everywhere.
Ji Xun walked along the street. As he walked, he suddenly noticed something wrong with his peripheral vision: "Is this guy following me?"
Originally, he wanted to observe whether there was anyone in the nearby crowd who wanted to trouble him, but he didn't expect to see anyone else.
A green-haired young man squatted at the entrance of an alley between two buildings, his eyes fixed on the "Bull Tavern" across the street.
And there were several figures in the shadows of the alley behind him.
Very poor tracking method.
At least it's far worse than those tracking him in Devil's Crossing.
Ji Xun looked like it wasn't directed at him and didn't pay attention.
I slowed down, not wanting to get into trouble.
Not long after he stopped, the butterfly door of the Bull Tavern was pushed open, and a few strong men wearing blue work clothes from the Nugget Pier walked out.
At the same time, the green-haired young man in the alley noticed them. He waved nervously, and a few people hiding in the darkness suddenly took out their weapons.
"Assassination?"
Only then did Ji Xun understand what was happening and quickly found a bunker.
In an instant, the guns in the hands of the green-haired guys in front of them burst into flames.
Several strong men were attacked by a sneak attack and quickly found cover to hide. Then they also took out their sidearms and started to fight back.
The two sides got into a fight on the street.
For a moment, the streets rang out with gunshots like firecrackers.
However, not long after the gunfire started, third-party forces got involved again.
More than a dozen steam motorcycles came quickly. A group of people who were obviously gang members got off the car and took out various weapons, aiming at the green-haired group in the alley.
The whole fire lasted for less than two minutes and was over.
A group of bad killers with green hair were completely wiped out, and there were also a few casualties on the other side.
The motorcycle gangs who came later checked the body and took away the equipment and previous belongings.
Bodies were left on the ground.
...
Inexplicably, we encountered a gunfight, which ended inexplicably.
Ji Xun's eyelids twitched slightly when he saw it, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Are the folk customs in Innocence City so simple..."
If they were just fighting and killing in the ruins, that would be enough. Unexpectedly, the city would immediately break out into a conflagration.
The most outrageous thing is that apart from being startled, pedestrians walking on the street didn't seem to feel any surprise?
It was like an impromptu entertainment show, and no one cared.
All the major pubs were crowded with people in an instant, and eating and drinking continued as usual.
The body was still lying in a pool of blood.
Ji Xun was thoughtful.
He wanted to see what happened next, so he stopped where he was.
Not long after, a shiny black steam truck came rushing from the street.
Four guys in black uniforms and gas masks got out of the car holding body bags.
Ji Xun watched them fiddle with several corpses, then neatly gathered the corpses and put them into body bags, and then carried them into the car.
The black truck pulled off the street again.
Ji Xun watched, but his attention was attracted by something else.
He saw an advertisement on the black truck compartment: "Golden Oak Security Company is recruiting corpse collectors, ￥3500/week, address: 117 Dongcheng Street..."
"The salary of body collectors is so high?"
Ji Xun was a little surprised at first glance.
This salary is comparable to that of most out-and-out hunters.
But he cares about something else...
Corpse?
[Devil's Feast] needed corpses with extraordinary properties, and he was worried about where to find so many to devour.
Just when he saw the advertisement for the first time, Ji Xun had already thought about his future career for a long time.
