Chapter 194: 9th Street, Battle for Wealth
Chapter 194 Ninth Street, Battle for Wealth
On the bus.
When the driver saw Su Ming coming up with a suitcase and a schoolbag on his back, he asked, "Where are you going?"
Su Ming: "Ninth Street."
Unlike buses, you pay for buses after you get on the bus, and there is no need to buy tickets in advance.
Driver: "Ten dollars, pay it yourself."
Su Ming casually pulled out a hundred-yuan bill from his pocket and threw it into the coin box: "I don't have any change, so no need to give me the change."
The driver said without even looking up: "There's no change even if you want to. We don't have change business."
The driver didn't feel anything at all about Su Minghao's spending of a hundred yuan.
Anyway, the bus is not his, so even if passengers put more money into it, it will not end up in his hands.
The coin box is sealed very securely, one of the reasons for which is to prevent drivers like these from stealing.
Su Ming found a place to sit down.
Many of the passengers on this bus were like him, carrying large and small bags.
It looks bulgy, and is mostly filled with money.
Transactions in Gray City can only be conducted in cash, so if you want to make large transactions, you have to choose this primitive method of carrying money.
Su Ming knew that many of these people were heading to Ninth Street.
There are nine main streets in Gray City. Each street has a different decoration style and a big difference in the store structure. Each street also has its own unique gameplay. For example, on the third street where he was originally located, the street manager is the headshot ghost Lao Zhou, so when going out at night, you must be careful, otherwise you will be shot in the head.
This feature is completely harmful rather than beneficial to the ghosts that are shot in the head. Even if they are lucky enough not to be shot in the head, they will not get any benefits. The risks and benefits are completely disproportionate.
There is nothing wrong with having risks, but you have to provide equivalent benefits so that people will participate. Otherwise, no normal person will play.
Therefore, ever since the head-exploding ghost Lao Zhou took over as the manager of the third street, there are basically no ghosts taking to the streets at night.
No one with a brain would be so stupid as to rush over here and get shot in the head.
Only those confused zombies would come to Third Street at night and be chopped off like leeks by the head-exploding ghost Lao Zhou.
Compared with Third Street, Ninth Street is much more interesting.
After Su Ming sat down, the bus started to set off. There were very desolate roads connecting the streets, and only the bus occasionally passed by. There was no living person or moving ghost to be seen, but occasionally one could see strange-looking ghost corpses lying on the roadside. Not only the players, but even the ghosts could not walk between the streets on foot.
The bus passed by bus stops on other streets. Some ghosts on the bus got off, while others who were waiting in front of the bus got on.
Although they look like human beings, they are very much like human beings.
But once night falls, its true colors are revealed.
Just as Su Ming could see that these people were ghosts, those ghosts could also see that Su Ming was a living person.
They looked at the clothes on Su Ming and the suitcase in his hand, and many of the ghosts' eyes revealed deep greed.
This is not a living person, it's a mobile vault!
They wanted to take everything from Su Ming, but they could only endure it.
Finally, the bus arrived at Ninth Street.
Stopped in front of the bus stop.
Ninth Street is an abandoned street. It is quite desolate and no one is around.
At the entrance to the abandoned street, half of the iron railing gate was standing, and the other half had fallen to the ground.
On the streets, the parked cars have been severely deformed and their tires have shriveled. They can be declared scrapped and sent directly to scrap collection stations.
On both sides of the street, there are tall and short buildings, some of which are six or seven stories high and some are just bungalows, making the street look extremely chaotic.
Most of the glass in the building has been broken, and there are vines and ivy climbing upstairs in many places.
There are even a few trees growing on some of the buildings, adding a bit of green to the abandoned buildings.
The only building that has not been abandoned is in front of the iron railing gate.
There was a tin house next to the platform at the intersection. On the house hung a big sign with the words "Fortune Recharge Point" written in large letters.
At the same time, the iron house also takes into account newspaper and retail business, and it is also a newsstand and retail kiosk.
The shelves are filled with all kinds of magazines and newspapers, such as: "Gray City", "Story Collection", "Ghost Stories", "Voice"...
There are also various drinks and snacks, such as: mineral water, iced black tea, old-style pickled cabbage noodles, instant noodles with ham sausage, etc.
In the small tin house, sat a bald man with a fierce look and a face full of flesh.
The combination of these two seems somewhat incompatible.
The driver said coldly, "We have arrived at Ninth Street. Those who need to get off, please get off quickly."
Su Ming picked up his suitcase and got off the bus.
There were more than a dozen people dressed in different costumes coming down with him.
There are white-collar workers in suits and ties, workers in uniforms, and doctors in white coats...
These people were like Su Ming, some carrying bags on their backs, and some carrying suitcases.
They all came with considerable funds.
The most exaggerated one was the doctor in a white coat. He was carrying two extra-large suitcases, which were more than twice as big as Su Ming's.
He was also carrying an extra-large travel bag, which was stuffed full.
Su Ming made an estimate.
If the bag was filled with hundred-dollar bills, this doctor in a white coat brought in more than five million.
Is it so profitable to be a doctor in Gray City?
The bus left and the group walked towards the [Wealth Recharge Point].
The burly man said, "I'm sure everyone knows the rules, but I still have to say it again."
"The registration fee for the Fortune Battle is 500,000. After successfully registering, you can become a Fortune member."
"Members who participate in the Fortune Battle for the second time will receive a 40% discount on the registration fee, which is now reduced to 300,000 yuan."
"In addition to the registration fee, every additional 10,000 yuan you top up will earn you a little wealth."
"After dark, the Ninth Street will randomly refresh the wealth points. The more wealth points you have, the greater the danger you will encounter."
"Killing other participants in the Fortune Battle will earn you half of the Fortune Points in their accounts."
"Wealth points can be exchanged for various prizes. In addition, the top three players who get the most wealth points in a single round of competition can also receive additional rewards."
"Do you have any other questions?"
No one asked.
The bald strong man was relatively calm when introducing the rules.
But those who have participated know that the other party has a bad temper.
Moreover, this bald strong man has certain authority and can interfere with the battle for wealth.
If you provoke the other party, any random action will greatly increase the probability of the targeted ghost dying.
The bald man nodded with satisfaction: "Very good! In that case, come up and pay the fee!"
"Oh, just one last word."
"The organizer of this battle for wealth is Lord Wealth Ghost of the Wealth Ghost Family!"
"He is a real big shot who has the potential to become the Lord of Gray City."
"If you behave well and catch the eye of Master Fortune Ghost, you might have a chance to work for him!"
(End of this chapter)