The Ritana Desert at night tears away the heat and tranquility of the day, like a ferocious beast roaring in the dark.
The severe cold came, sandstorms covered the sky, and even the creatures in the desert hid away. Few creatures could survive on the surface of the Ritana Desert at night.
The citizens of Pingsha City have become accustomed to the nights in the Ritana Desert and fall asleep peacefully amid the howling sound of the wind and sand.
They have a magical city that can protect them. No matter how harsh the environment is, they are not afraid and feel particularly at ease.
At night, Pingsha City is like a fortress in the surging sea of sand, sheltering all the citizens living in its arms.
Gu Jiu heard the sound of sand waterfall coming from outside the city. It was like an eternal roaring song that would not change because of human will. It would always crisscross the desert for a long time.
She thought of the foundation of the abandoned city she had seen on the road earlier, and finally understood why the material of the foundation was unprecedented.
Magical cities are born and raised naturally, and their lifespan is very long. No one knows how they appear. Once a magic city is born on this continent, it will send a message to other magic cities where humans live, allowing humans to choose whether to become citizens of this magic city.
The Magic City welcomes all humans and provides shelter for them.
It only allows humans to enter. Non-human creatures and creatures that are malicious towards humans will be rejected and expelled by it.
This is the only kindness that nature has towards human beings in this world.
In addition to the magic city, many magic products were also born.
Most of these magical products are provided by magical cities. As long as there is a magical city, there will be magical products in the city. Only magicians know how to use these magical products, and ordinary people cannot use them.
Because of this, mages have a very high status among humans. In addition, there are relatively few mages, and most of them become leaders among humans.
However, humans are creatures with very strong creative abilities. In addition to magicians, they have also learned to create many powerful weapons to provide safety for humans when they go out.
As long as humans are not attacked by alien races or large ferocious beasts, they are safe most of the time in the wild.
This world is interesting.
Gu Jiu thought that she felt that the magician was actually a very good profession, but she didn’t know whether players could become a magician.
This requires some magic products to test, but unfortunately there are very few magic products in Pingsha City, and I can’t buy them even if I have points, so I have to wait a little longer.
As daylight dawned, the sand waterfall that had been raging all night finally retreated, the severe cold disappeared from the desert, and the temperature began to rise.
Early in the morning, Amanli and others came to find Gu Jiu.
Every time they came back from hunting, they would rest for three days before going out of town to hunt again. However, since they had promised Gu Jiu last night that he would accompany her out of town to hunt, they naturally could not delay and came here early.
They first went to a nearby restaurant for breakfast.
Breakfast includes fruit bread, camel milk wine, fried crispy meat, braised meat, pancakes, big meat buns, etc., a combination of Chinese and Western food.
From this we can see the evolution of human civilization and customs in this world.
Amanli and the others all chose filling foods such as fried crispy meat, braised meat, pancakes and big meat buns. They had no intention of eating a light breakfast and instead ate whatever filled them up.
"Gu Jiu, you need to eat enough so that you will have the strength to hunt later." Amanli reminded.
Gu Jiu responded with a smile, chose what he liked, and ate slowly.
Her speed was not slow, but every movement revealed an indescribable elegance and leisure, which was pleasing to the eye, making people stare at her unconsciously and imitate her subconsciously.
Amanli grabbed the big meat bun and started chewing it. Gradually her movements slowed down, and then she also learned to eat slowly like Gu Jiu. She thought that she must look very good at this moment, just like Gu Jiu. Maybe every move she made was pleasing to the eye.
"Hey, Amanli, are you not feeling well? Why do you look so miserable while eating?" Casey asked loudly in her resonant voice.
Others looked over.
Amanli's expression froze, and she asked patiently, "Don't you think I'm a little different today?"
The four companions next to her looked at her for a while and then shook their heads.
Amanli gritted her teeth, looked at Zhongda, and decided to give them a chance, "Boss Zhong, what do you think?"
Zhongda said honestly, "You ate too slowly today. I really want to stuff your food into your mouth."
What kind of horrible straight male thinking is this
But the other three people were unaware of this and thought what Zhongda said made sense. They signaled Amanli to hurry up. Amanli was so angry that she clenched her fists, her fingers cracking, and she wanted to smash these guys' heads.
At this time, Gu Jiu finished drinking the camel milk wine and said with a smile: "Amanli, you look very beautiful today."
Amanli's mood was instantly lifted by the blows from the straight men, and she said happily: "Gu Jiu is still a good judge of vision. You guys are hopeless and will never find a wife in this life."
The four straight men glanced at Amanli, still not understanding what they had done to make her angry
After breakfast, a group of people left Pingsha City in a magic car.
There are actually not many hunting teams leaving the city every morning. There are only a few dozen magic vehicles. This shows that Pingsha City is not very large.
"We currently have 30,000 citizens in our city, and the number will increase in the future." Amanli held an energy gun and spoke to Gu Jiu happily, "Pingsha City has been around for about 30 years. It is very young among the magic energy cities. It is like a growing baby, and it can continue to grow..."
From the moment it is born, the Magic City will evolve and grow from a small city to a big city.
However, this will take a very long time, and by that time, no one knows how many generations of humans will have passed.
The lifespan of a magic city is limited. If there is no interference from the outside world, they will slowly age over the years, decline from a prosperous city, and finally disappear. Only the city foundation remains to let the world know that there was once a magic city here.
But if there is external interference, it will accelerate the loss of the Magic Energy City's lifespan and eventually turn it into a ruin.
"What kind of interference is there from the outside world?" Gu Jiu asked.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the car looked unhappy.
"Attacks by alien races, attacks by ferocious beasts, internal conflicts among humans..." Ah Zhe calmly added, "There are many situations."
Gu Jiu said "oh" and didn't ask any more questions.
She understood these people's feelings. The humans in this world depended on the protection of the Magic Energy City for survival. Their love and respect for the Magic Energy City was unimaginable to the players. What they least wanted to see was the disappearance of the Magic Energy City.
The magic car moves forward in the endless yellow sand.
The sun in the sky gradually rose from the east to mid-air. The temperature in the desert became higher and higher, and the ground became hot under the scorching sun.
Azhe adjusted his magic glasses and looked for prey lurking under the yellow sand.
Gu Jiu looked at Azhe's glasses. Without her saying anything, Amanli, who had been paying attention to her, said enthusiastically: "These are magic glasses. They have the functions of positioning, tracking, and identification..."
Yesterday, Azhe used magic glasses to scan Gu Jiu and discovered that she was the descendant of a hunter.
The so-called hunters are people who have no city protection. They survive in the wild with difficulty and may die in various accidents at any time. Their children are called the descendants of hunters because they are not born in the city and do not receive the city's protection.
"Why don't the hunters enter the city?" Gu Jiu asked puzzledly.
Given how friendly the magical cities in this world are to humans, they should welcome anyone no matter who they are.
Zhongda said sadly: "It's not that they don't want to enter the city, but most of them will never encounter the Magic Energy City, and may wander outside for the rest of their lives..."
This world is too big, and humans are only the weakest intelligent creatures among them. There are also huge alien races, ferocious beasts of nature, etc. Humans need to rely on the Magic Energy City to survive. Once they are away from the Magic Energy City, they will not be able to return to the Magic Energy City due to various accidents. They cannot find the Magic Energy City that can shelter them, and finally they can only become wandering hunters.
Gu Jiu was silent.
It seems that the situation of humans in this world is more difficult than she imagined.
The magic car stopped behind a sand dune, choosing to use the sand dune as cover.
Azhe said: "There are traces of a group of Chubo beasts nearby. You can look for them nearby and wait for them to show up."
Zhongda, Amanli and Qihao quickly equipped themselves with weapons, jumped out of the car, and searched the surroundings on guard.
They saw Gu Jiu following them. She was still wearing a black cloak, but she didn't have any weapons in it. They couldn't help but ask, "Gu Jiu, where are your weapons?"
Gu Jiu took out the Wuji Sword, "This is my weapon."
"You don't have a gun or anything?"
"I haven't bought it yet." Gu Jiu said with a smile. For players, the power of the props is definitely not inferior to the energy weapons in this world. She is still more accustomed to using the Wu Ji Sword.
They moved around in this area and soon lured out the Qiubo beast lurking under the yellow sand.
Without waiting for Amanli and the others to take action, Gu Jiu had already killed a Qiubo beast with one sword.
After knowing that the Chubo beasts could be exchanged for points, Gu Jiu did not dismember their bodies like he did yesterday, but killed them at the lowest cost. A complete Chubo beast could get more points.
Amanli and her companions only had time to shoot a few Qiubo beasts, and the others had already died under Gu Jiu's sword.
Both the three people outside the car and the two people inside the car were stunned at this moment.
Although I knew that Gu Jiu was very powerful, after seeing it with my own eyes, I was still shocked by her strength. With such powerful fighting power, it was no wonder that she could survive alone in the wild.
Gu Jiu collected the corpses of the Qiubo beasts she had killed.
Then go to the next location.
Every time they arrived at a place, Gu Jiu would harvest the prey quickly and efficiently. Zhongda and the others seemed to be accompanying her, and they had no chance to take action at all.
At the end of the whole day, the amount of prey Gu Jiu caught was more than they had been able to catch in nearly a year.
All five of them were numb.
After killing the last batch of Fire Crystal Ant Beasts, Gu Jiu asked them to collect them as a reward for using the Magic Energy Car, and said, "That's it for today, let's go back to the city first."
There are nearly ten thousand fire crystal ant beasts in this batch, which is equivalent to Zhongda and his team’s income for two months.
Zhongda didn't want it at first, but Gu Jiu insisted, otherwise they wouldn't be able to use their magic car next time, so he had to put it away.
In the evening, they returned to Pingsha City.
When Gu Jiu and the others went to the trading hall to hand in today's prey, those who had not left yet were shocked by the amount of prey she had handed in. Everyone watched stupidly as all the waiters in the trading hall were called over to register the prey together and send them to the ice storage in the city.
Finally, Grandpa Hai handed her Gu Jiu’s magic ring.
The points have been stored in the magic ring. As long as the magic ring is not lost, it can be used in other magic cities. It is equivalent to a bank card in the real world.
The other members of the hunting team who did not leave looked at Gu Jiu with admiration.
Although they couldn't see how many points were in her magic energy ring, just looking at the number of prey, they knew it was definitely an unimaginable number.
Looking at Zhongda and the others, even though they also participated in Gu Jiu's hunting that day, they were still shocked.
Gu Jiu said to them: "Let's go, I'll treat you to dinner today."
Although the humans in this world are the weakest of all living creatures, their physique is much better than that of humans in the real world. Their eating habits are mainly meat-based, and they are all carnivorous animals.
Of course we were happy when someone invited us to dinner, so a group of us happily went to a self-service barbecue restaurant and ate to our heart's content.
After dinner, it was already dark.
As they left the restaurant, Amanli asked Gu Jiu what his plans were for tomorrow, or if he was going out of town
Gu Jiu said: "I want to find someone. I will go to the Information Center Building tomorrow to check."
"Looking for someone? Someone from another city?"
Gu Jiu shook his head, "Maybe in another city, maybe not."
After A-level players enter the game world, most of them will be dispersed, and it is impossible to estimate where they will appear. Not everyone is as lucky as her, appearing in human territory with a magic city nearby.
Maybe some people are unlucky enough to appear in the territory of foreign races or in the uninhabited wilderness.
Fortunately, the player is quite powerful and has many props to save his life. No matter where he appears, he will not die for a while.
After a night's rest, Gu Jiu had breakfast and went to the information center building of Pingsha City.
Although each magic energy city is independent, they are also closely related. The magic energy cities can be connected to each other, so that the citizens of each magic energy city can know the situation of other magic energy cities without leaving home, so as not to become frogs in the well.
So this world can also be considered a world of magical information.
When he arrived at the information center building, Gu Jiu found it very deserted. Only Xiaomao and three or four other people came in.
Gu Jiu came to a service window and explained his purpose.
"You need at least 1,000 points to post a missing person message," the waitress said in a sweet voice. "What time period do you want the message to be posted?"
The points required vary depending on the time period in which the message is released.
Gu Jiu thought for a moment and said, "I want the missing person notice to be posted at three time periods every day: 8 a.m., 12 p.m., and 7 p.m. The missing person notice can be posted in the most conspicuous place for ten minutes during each time period. Is that okay?"
The waiter looked at her in surprise, with eyes full of admiration.
I only heard her say: "It's possible, but it will require a lot of points..."
"How many?"
"One hundred thousand points."
Gu Jiu said calmly, "Then let's send it out in six time periods."
The idle people nearby were a little confused when they heard this. How many preys would it take to accumulate 100,000 points? And she even thought the points were not enough and wanted to increase the time period.
Once they figured out Gu Jiu's identity, they quickly calmed down.
It turned out to be this big guy who earned hundreds of thousands of points in a day. Big guys are so casual in their actions, I understand.
In the end, Gu Jiu paid 200,000 points and bought six time periods.
The points in the magic ring were almost emptied, and Gu Jiu decided to continue hunting tomorrow.
She found that points were very useful in the magic city. As long as there were points, there was nothing that could not be solved. So she could earn more points so that she would not be short of money when she went to other magic cities in the future.
The young lady is so stylish.
Hearing that Gu Jiu was going out of the city to hunt again, Zhongda and others responded enthusiastically.
Following the young lady is not only safe, but also very rewarding, more than what they would earn in a year of hard work, so of course they have to follow her closely.
In the next few days, Gu Jiu went out early and came back late every day, but his gains became less and less.
There was no other way. Because of her, almost all the prey near Pingsha City were wiped out. As a result, Pingsha City accumulated a few stocks of prey, which were enough for the city's residents to eat for several years.
If you want to get more prey, you have to go further away.
But they only go out and come back on the same day and never sleep outside, so they don't catch much prey.
Fortunately, the prey in the Ritana Desert is mobile, and the prey near Pingsha City has been hunted almost all the time. The young lady just needs to be kind and let it rest for half a month, and then the prey will return, and other hunters will not return empty-handed.
Gu Jiu also decided not to go out hunting again.
Because the missing person information she posted in the information center finally had news.
The service staff of the information center building sent her a message and asked her to come over. Gu Jiu had just returned to the city and had not even had dinner, but she hurried over.
When she arrived at the information center building, the waitress waiting there told her: "A man named Qin Huang is here to reply to your message. He is in Linghai City."
"Besides him, is there any news about anyone else?"
The waitress shook her head regretfully.
This big shot spent 200,000 points to post messages for several days, but only found one person, which made people feel sorry for the points she spent.
Gu Jiu decided to go to Linghai City.
She first asked the information center building to release a message to Linghai City and asked Qin Huang to wait for her there. Then she asked about the situation in Linghai City and the route to Linghai City.
"Linghai City is a big city with a population of one million." The waitress looked longing, "I heard that this city has a history of a thousand years and is more prosperous than Pingsha City..."
A small desert town with a history of thirty years cannot be compared with a big city with a history of a thousand years. A city with a population of thirty thousand cannot be compared with a city with a population of one million. So it is no wonder that these people are so envious.
The more prosperous a city is, the richer the resources in the city are, the more magical products are produced, and the more powerful the magical city is.
After talking about the situation in Linghai City, the waitress asked worriedly, "Are you really going to Linghai City?"
The humans in this world do not always live in magic energy cities. Some humans with considerable strength will form teams to go to other magic energy cities. They will plan safe routes in advance, have safe warships to deal with emergencies, and have powerful military equipment to ensure their safety on the road as much as possible.
But the citizens of Pingsha City do not have the capital to go to other magic cities.
Gu Jiu responded with a smile and spent a thousand points to buy a safe route to Linghai City.
This is the safest route calculated between the two magic cities.
The news that Gu Jiu was leaving Pingsha City spread quickly.
She had not been in Pingsha City for long, but in just a few days she had become a well-known figure in the city. Some people secretly made statistics and believed that she might be the most powerful human in Pingsha City.
Such a strong person, everyone wishes she could stay in the city.
But people are intelligent beings with their own will, and others cannot control where they go. Even if they don't want her to leave, there's nothing they can do.
The Magic Energy City will not interfere with human will. Humans can come or stay as they wish. It will only stand silently in place, waiting for the tired humans to return and provide them with safe shelter.
"Gu Jiu, are you really going to leave?" Amanli pulled her, looking like she was about to cry.
Zhongda Azhe and others looked at her silently.
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "My friend is in Linghai City. I want to go find him."
Having said that, everyone realized that they couldn't keep her.
"Will you join Linghai City in the future?" Amanli asked in a low voice.
Humans have the right to settle in various cities, and it is their freedom to choose which magic city to join, as long as they can survive.
"Probably not."
Gu Jiu thought about the feeling Pingsha City gave her and felt that this city was pretty good. Moreover, as players, they were just passers-by here, and it made no difference which city they became citizens of.
But Amanli and the others were very happy.
As long as Gu Jiu does not join other cities, she will still be a citizen of Pingsha City, proving that she will come back sooner or later. No human can resist the call of the Magic Energy City, just like missing their hometown, they will rush back from thousands of miles away.
Seeing that Gu Jiu had made up her mind, Zhongda and the others stopped trying to persuade her and asked her about her departure.
"Do you have a magic car? Do you want to buy one?"
"A magic car requires at least one million points, and of course you can pay in installments..."
Gu Jiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He didn't expect that he would have to pay for a car loan after coming to another world. Although the car loan would be voided after the player left, on the other hand, if the loan was not paid off, the Magic Energy Car could not be taken away by the player and had to be returned to the Magic Energy City.
Gu Jiu decided to buy the magic car or wait until she accumulated enough points and then pay for it in one go.
The magic car is quite interesting. Although it cannot be used in the real world, it can be used in the Boundless City and other worlds. It would be nice to buy one for collection.
Gu Jiu was very proactive and was ready to set off the next day.
Zhongda and others escorted her out of the city.
Seeing her wearing a black cloak, just like the first time they met her, walking alone into the endless yellow sand, the five people felt distressed and unbelievable.
"Gu Jiu, are you going to Linghai City?" Amanli was really heartbroken.
"No, we can go and get a ride on other magic cars when we meet them on the road." Gu Jiu comforted them, "Besides, I didn't have a magic car before, but I still walked to Pingsha City safely, didn't I?"
Everyone thought of the scene when they first met Gu Jiu and it made sense.
They said nothing more, just watched her pull up the hood of her cloak, walk into the yellow sand where the sun was rising, and gradually disappear in the distance.
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