After staying on the train for a day and a half, the train finally arrived at its destination.
During this period, Chen An was not idle on the train. After constantly trying new abilities, he became much more proficient in using them and had a good grasp of spiritual consumption.
At the same time, Chen An made a reservation for the third game on the APP.
"In the third game, you can choose by yourself, whether to enter randomly or go by yourself..." Chen An was a little confused, but half a day ago, after the train entered deeper, he suddenly understood.
because.
At this moment, the sky outside the window has turned into a lighter gray-white-blue color. Different from the sky in the soft capital, the sky here is lighter in color.
The surrounding soil also came to life, with green shade, trees, and vegetation appearing.
It seems that after driving to a certain stage, it enters an area different from the previous one.
Chen An went to find the old man, and after understanding it, he learned that the area where humans live in the dark world is like an irregular circle. The outer area is surrounded by a circle 72 times, and the inner circle is The circle is different from the danger, madness and distortion in the outer dark world.
The inner circle is called the "inner dark world", where many story worlds and pollution sources overlap with the outside world.
In the inner dark world, in addition to the three main cities, there are also many towns, villages, various strange places, etc.
Of course, the circle is torn open. For example, Wenwan, one of the three main capitals, is close to the Sea of Nothingness.
Danger and distortion still exist, and madness and darkness have never disappeared. However, compared with the emptiness of the outer dark world, the dangers in the inner dark world appear much more real, and the connection between the source of pollution and the normal place is even more blurred.
After paying the old man five story coins in return, Chen An got off the train.
Five story coins, that is, fifty story points, is enough for the old man to save money and have enough food for three days.
Chen An can't do much, and he's not a good person. This is just a reward.
Stepping onto the hard stone floor again, breathing the fresh and refreshing air, and feeling the breeze blowing on his face, Chen An felt quite refreshed.
This is a small town called Ebony Town.
It is also a stop for this express train.
The train behind it will continue to go deeper into the inner dark world. In the old man's description, the three masters all form a triangle in the inner dark world. The train will stop at Alte after passing several stations, and the position where he is , which happens to be the closest to Airt.
If you want to go to Wenwan or Funong, you have to go through Airte.
...
Chen An was slightly in a trance when he saw scattered men and women passing by. These people were dressed in different clothes, some of which resembled the clothes of NPCs in the fantasy online games that he played as a child, such as Dragon Quest and other Western fantasy RPG games.
The sun shines on the stone brick site floor, spreads to the surrounding yellow soil, and falls on the surrounding buildings.
Most of these buildings are wooden triangular houses. The whole town looks small. You can see the woods at the end at a glance. There are only about twenty or thirty buildings in the whole town.
Looking at the information in the mobile app, Chen An followed the real-time map-like guidance in the app and walked towards a place called "Skull Hunter Tavern".
His third game was chosen by himself. He clicked on rows of maps with various names and coordinates. Apart from knowing the location, there were no names.
It's like opening a blind box.
Relatively speaking, the unknown difficulty difference is greater, and it is not as good as the random average.
It may well be that this is a high-difficulty source of contamination, or it may be that it is low-difficulty.
But one of the reasons to get off the bus and play a third game here is one of the most important reasons.
It was Chen An who felt a "node" here.
It's just that the "node" is very nihilistic and doesn't seem to exist here, but it actually exists in the induction.
Based on the coordinates of the story world on the APP and his own node sensing, Chen An judged that this node should be located within the story world.
According to the "overlapping" theory mentioned by the old man, he should have found this node after entering the story world.
...
Walking in the town, Chen An raised his brows slightly and pulled his hood to hide his face in the shadows.
The gazes of the people around him made him feel a little uncomfortable. The passers-by, men and women, seemed to be busy with their own things, but when they saw him, they were surprised. They turned their heads hastily, but there was mockery and indifference in their eyes. .
As if he were the stupid one who was taken advantage of.
Taking a breath, Chen An felt that the atmosphere in Ebony Town was indescribably weird.
Like very exclusive.
Suddenly, Chen An's cell phone vibrated slightly.
When I opened the APP and took a look, I found that the list of this game had already been established.
This is a five-person team game. The name of the game is [Happy Town]. No other information has been revealed yet. However, this time it is probably because it is not randomly transmitted, but it is going to the destination by oneself, so the list of players has been announced directly. .
On it, there is also the positioning information of five people.
Three of them were in the "Skull Hunter Tavern", the other one was himself walking towards the bar, and the third one was a little further away, but it was still within the town.
List of players for this game on the APP:
[No. 1: Tuzi Moore (Male)]
[No. 2: Gu Laiyin (Male)]
[No. 3: Ling Qinglin (Male)]
[No. 4: Chen An (male)]
[No. 5: Luo Qi (female)]
...
"I don't know what kind of people these are and what stage they are on." Chen An silently looked at the old wooden door sign of [Skull Hunter Tavern] in front of him. The brown spray paint on it was somewhat faded.
Opening the door, there was a commotion inside.
At a glance, in the small tavern, there are more than a dozen drinkers sitting there in twos and threes. They are talking, laughing and drinking loudly. From time to time, scandals and gossips from all over the world come from their mouths, insults and jokes, accompanied by a stream of smelly sweat. The mixed smell of alcohol hit his face, causing Chen An to wrinkle his nose slightly.
Pulling up the brim of his hat, he came to the bar, raised his head slightly and looked at the burly bartender.
But when he raised his head, Chen An was suddenly stunned.
"Hello, sir, do you need anything? The light beer we have here tastes very good. You can also add some vanilla powder for a different flavor. Of course, the price will be more expensive." The voice was rich and powerful.
The strong man wearing a blue and white shirt like a sailor uniform looked at Chen An. Just when he saw Chen An's thin and slightly childish face clearly, his breathing suddenly became rapid.
"You..." the man exclaimed, his eyes full of panic.
Chen An raised his head, with a faint arc at the corner of his mouth.
"Old John, I didn't expect to meet you here." Chen An said softly.
This bartender is none other than John from John’s Tavern in Ruandu!
Chen An was also a little surprised. As a foreigner, this man did not die in Soft City. Instead, he came to the tavern in Ebony Town and started working in his old business.
Looking at John's empty left cuff, Chen An's eyes flickered, which reminded him of when he first arrived in Soft Capital.
At that time, I was deceived by a monkey into John's tavern, saying that it was a bank.
John's left arm was amputated by himself after being eroded by the Smiling Rabbit's threads.
John looked at Chen An, swallowed his saliva, calmed down his trembling mood slightly, and said with a wry smile:
"Brother Chen, how are you doing now?"
he does not know?
Chen An sighed and said: "Everyone who died is dead, and everyone who left is gone. It has become an empty city."
"That's it..." John's eyes showed a little sadness.
"We're old friends again, why don't you treat me to a drink?" Chen An blinked.
John immediately said: "What do you want to drink! I'll pay for it! As the owner of this store, I still have this ability!"
Afterwards, John quietly leaned towards Chen An and said in a small voice: "Don't worry, the wine I give you is pure, not mixed with water..."
Did everyone else drink water?
But he was also curious about how John got here.
"Just give me a glass of light beer, what you just said. By the way, why did you come here?" Chen An asked.
John nodded, quickly fiddled with the wine barrel behind him, and said at the same time:
"Didn't I start having nightmares in the outer city a while ago? I didn't feel good at the time, and I was afraid that something might happen to me... Plus, as you know, after you came... everything... well... I A lot of dangerous things happened in the tavern...
So I looked for friends around me, about seventy or eighty old guys, and borrowed money from them, promising to repay it double in one month... Finally, I collected the ticket and travel expenses.
Then I bought a ticket and prepared to go to the capital city to make a living. When I stopped here to get ready, I happened to meet the owner of this tavern. He was in the woods at the time and had just come out. He was shouting some words that I couldn’t understand. Happiness, false, real..."
Listening to John's experience, Chen An felt a little emotional. This guy's sense of crisis was as sensitive as ever.
Most of those people who were lent money are probably dead now.
No need to pay it back.
However, the matter of the tavern owner caught Chen An's attention.
Happiness, falsehood, truth?
The name of the third game he is about to go to is "Happy Town".
Is there some connection between this?
