Chapter 157: The City of the Free
In two days, Xi Bai traveled all the way and finally arrived in the capital. On the official road, Xi Bai raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and the capital was in the distance, but the scene in front of him made him speechless in shock for a while.
Xi Bai has only one feeling, that is, big, he once thought that the capital would be very big, and he has also seen a modern city with hundreds of floors of high-rise buildings at every turn in reality, but the capital in front of him still makes him feel so huge.
In Xi Bai's field of vision were endless ancient buildings, delayed towards both sides, and the buildings could not be seen clearly until the end of the field of vision. Yes, what Xi Bai saw was a building instead of a city wall, because there was no city wall in the capital at all! This is a city made up of countless houses.
In addition to the houses, there are also several straight streets, which neatly divide these houses into patches. Because Xi Bai can't see the edge of the city, he doesn't know how many such streets there are.
And because there is no city wall, the feeling that the capital gives Xi Bai is completely different from Xiangyang. To be honest, because of the activity, Xiangyang in the Xiangyang Garrison Battle was expanded many times, and in terms of area, it was probably equivalent to Beijing City in Huaxia, which was about the same as the capital in front of Xi Bai now.
However, Xiangyang has a huge city wall nearly 50 meters high, which feels more like a giant beast, and with the baptism of war, it looks majestic and thick.
However, the capital is more open, and it is only because of this openness that it will give people a feeling of "tolerance is great", as if no matter what it is, as long as anyone comes to the capital, they can integrate into it.
Xi Bai took a deep breath, and the shock in his heart subsided a lot, only to realize that he didn't know much about this game, and there were some things that he didn't know at all, such as the capital in front of him, he didn't know what kind of city it was. Xi Bai felt that he should have done some homework early before he came, otherwise he would not be at a loss as he is now.
But it's already here, so naturally I have to go in and have a look first. Xi Bai thought like this, and with a slight knock on the horse's belly, Chiyun trotted all the way forward.
The closer he got to the capital, the more Xi Bai could feel its openness, and when he came to a street, he found that there were no soldiers defending the city, and the city was simply as if it was completely undefended, and the people around him were not as fuss as Xi Bai, they all went in and out of the streets as if nothing happened, shuttling non-stop.
And Xi Bai found that most of these people who came in and out were players, and it was difficult to see the existence of NPCs. Although the intelligence of the NPCs in "Breaking the Void" is very high, which is no different from real people, some of the player's behaviors and behaviors are still impossible for NPCs to imitate, and Xi Bai can also recognize which ones are players and which ones are NPCs.
For example, if he sees a person dressed as a swordsman but speaking English in his mouth, how can it be an NPC?
Moreover, Xi Bai also found that most of the players here would wear costumes that represented their own sects, such as the swordsman shirts of the Huashan Sword School that he was more familiar with, the clothes of the Wudang School, and so on. Of course, there are some that he knows at a glance that they are unique to the sect, but he doesn't know them, after all, there are too many sects in the game, and not all of them are known by Xi Bai. And there are very few players like him who don't have a little sectarian marker on him.
Xi Bai didn't quite understand what was going on, of course, this was also because he knew too little about the capital. Xi Bai shook his head, he planned to go to the city immediately after entering the city to learn more about the city.
Xi Bai was just about to enter the city, but found that everyone would dismount and walk when they entered the city, and they would only ride horses after leaving the city.
After entering the city, Xi Bai finally got used to it a lot, because most of the houses in the city are restaurants, teahouses, inns and other facilities that other cities have, which is no different, and most of these facilities are opened by NPCs, letting him know that this capital is not without NPCs, only players.
Xi Bai just wanted to know the situation in the capital as soon as possible, so he went directly into a restaurant, and when the shopkeeper saw the guests coming to the door, he naturally greeted him warmly, and led Xi Bai to the second floor. Then I went to the game forum, which is the best choice for players to inquire about the situation in the game.
Xi Bai opened the forum and typed in the word "Beijing", and suddenly countless posts about the capital came out, Xi Bai looked at them one by one, but the most popular post was naturally this Beijing auction, but what Xi Bai was looking for now was not this, so he skipped it and didn't mention it.
It wasn't until he saw a post called "Overview of Beijing" that Xi Bai's eyes lit up and he hurriedly clicked in to read it.
And after reading a few paragraphs, Xi Bai knew that this was what he was looking for, so he took a serious look. After a while, Xi Bai finally finished reading this post, and finally learned a lot about the capital, and he no longer knew anything like before.
Xi Bai got off the forum and returned to the game, at this time Xiao Er had already delivered the wine and food he wanted, and Xi Bai was drinking wine while thinking about the capital.
Xi Bai learned that the capital can be summed up in the words "free city", and there are few things that cannot be done here, because there is no government and city guards in the capital.
First of all, in other cities, such a thing as fighting is not allowed, as long as there is a fight in the city, whether there are casualties or not, they will be wanted by the government, and the sentence "chivalry and martial arts are forbidden" is not in vain.
But it's different in the capital, whether it's a personal grudge and vendetta, or a fight and killing between gangs, no one will take care of you even if you make a big fuss, you can fight as much as you want, because there is no government here at all,
However, not everyone in the capital can be killed, and those ordinary NPCs who open restaurants and teahouses cannot be killed, otherwise they will be wanted and expelled by all NPCs in the capital, and they will not be able to enter the capital again for the rest of their lives.
So you can often see in the capital that two players are ready to fight if they don't agree with each other, but if they are in a restaurant or teahouse, then no matter how much they hate each other, they will come out with each other and then do it, otherwise if they accidentally kill an NPC, then it will be a big trouble.
Although there is no government in the capital, it is not that there is no order, otherwise the capital would have become a chaotic place, and it is impossible for people to stay, how can there be the current prosperous scene.
And the order in the capital is maintained by the garrisons of the various sects in the capital.
Among them, there are naturally ten major sects, of course, there are also thirty-six side sects and seventy-two left sects. Of course, some hidden sects may not have a clear location for the sect, but there should also be a secret station.
And so many sects are in the capital, it is difficult to coexist peacefully, not to mention between decent and evil factions, even if they are also decent or evil, there are also grudges, and it is inevitable that there will be a big fight. However, in this capital, the grudges between the sects must be put down, and the past grievances can no longer be pursued, and if you want to solve the grievances of the sects, it is not impossible, but you must go out of the capital, otherwise you will be expelled by all other sects.
Each major sect has a station in the capital, and there are garrisons, which is naturally to protect the safety of its own sect disciples, which naturally includes players, or to protect player disciples. After all, it is not forbidden for players to fight in the capital, and the disciples are bullied, so the elders of the master naturally can't sit idly by, and finding a place is something that no matter the decent and evil factions will inevitably do.
And because this is a grievance that happened in the capital, such sectarian fights are not forbidden.
In order not to be bullied, it is naturally a very good guarantee for players to have a strong sect, but the strength of each sect in the capital is actually about the same, which is of course for balance, to avoid making a family bigger and becoming the overlord of the capital.
Therefore, players in the capital often put on the unique costumes of their own sects to prove that they have a sect, not something that can be bullied casually, and each sect will also restrain their own disciples.
After all, fighting in the rivers and lakes, swords without eyes, and a few dead people are too common. Although the player can be resurrected without fear of death, he will have to lose his martial arts if he dies once, and the NPC cannot be resurrected if he dies, so if he can't fight, it's naturally better not to fight.
If you don't wear the clothes of your own sect, it will be more dangerous, which means that you are likely to be a person who has no backing, at least no backer in this capital, if there is a fight with someone, the other party's scruples will be a little less.
The freedom of the capital is not only not forbidden to fight, the freedom of all kinds of trade is also very important, the capital as the junction of various countries, all kinds of materials are naturally very rich, and all the major factions have stations in the capital in order to better communicate and get what they need. Most of the sects also have their own industries in the capital, such as weapon shops, blacksmith shops, and pill shops.
And some NPC merchants will also come to the capital to trade, but although they are safe in the capital, it is not necessarily when they leave the capital, so in this way, the guards are naturally indispensable, so in addition to the dart game, the various sects will also do this kind of work.
And this kind of work will be handed over to players in the form of tasks for players to complete, plus the tasks of each sect have their own, and this capital has become a good place for players to earn sect contributions, attracting countless players.
In general, the capital is a mixed place, there are characters from three religions and nine streams, martial arts knights, peddlers and pawns can be seen everywhere, of course, this naturally includes the gangs established by the players themselves, which is also what makes the capital more chaotic.
Xi Bai let out a long breath and secretly said that the situation in this capital is much more complicated than he thought! Will it really go well this time to attend the auction?