Players, Please Board the Train

Xu Huo glanced toward the Raincoat Man. A ”6” mixed with cyan, blue, yellow, black, and brown.

Though it was nearly bright enough to produce a rainbow, the overall color was bright, so it could be counted as favorable.

You Si’s number was a crisp yellow, Shajia tended toward white, and Xiaoxiao was green.

As for Number 18 in the corner, a thick, pitch-black ”7.”

The others who were paying him any attention all had some degree of emotional coloring.

As for the assets and potions, he didn’t need to look further, but the Double S Rating package did draw his attention.

Xu Huo opened it. Inside was a ”Dimensional Rift E-grade Wormhole Point Library Borrowing Card” and a three-star member account for the Under-the-Dimension Public Liaison Hall.

The library referred to on the borrowing card was the public library established and managed by the Game Government. Not just E27, but all wormhole points under E-grade could use it.

As for the Under-the-Dimension Liaison Hall, he quickly figured it out.

Rising from D-grade to C-grade came with corresponding increases in game privileges.

First, C-level players could basically be called high-level players. So starting from C-grade, players could obtain train tickets to other wormhole points and go to other wormhole points to complete dungeons.

Second, the cross-district bounties on the bounty platform went from once a month to unlimited times. In other words, from now on, he could buy and sell items and information on the platform anytime, anywhere, and had the right to trade directly with the Game Government platform.

Third, the Under-the-Dimension Public Liaison Hall opened. This was a player communication platform where players could post speech in their permission areas, essentially an information hub. The three-star member account in the package was for this place.

With Xu Huo’s current level, he could only view information applicable to his player level in the E27 wormhole point section. This was also what the most basic one-star account could view. After the account was upgraded, he would be able to see information classified as B or A level in the district sections. A three-star member account’s privileges also allowed access to information from other wormhole points, though accessing different information required matching player credentials.

Compared to the bounty platform, this one leaned more toward information exchange. News and hot topics within the wormhole points could all be seen.

Therefore, what Xu Huo could currently see was all information within the E27 wormhole point.

Additionally, the issuing and upgrading of Under-the-Dimension accounts was controlled by the game.

Finally, the once-a-month item exchange privilege was changed to unlimited times, though it came with a fee. This meant that besides being able to exchange more, the backend could also provide similar items or upgraded versions, and players could exchange at their discretion, but had to pay the difference for the new item.

This was clearer than the previous exchange-multiple-for-one blind box, at least. The downside was that it wasn’t as worry-free as automatic game matching, and it lacked expandability. Same-category exchanges weren’t like the exchange-multiple-for-one where unexpected items might appear.

In addition, upgrading to C-grade came with a package.

【A travel gateway worth three million White Bills and in limited supply: the Doorbell. Ring it gently, and it can travel back and forth between any semi-open district’s game space and the district space itself, for a maximum duration of 168 hours.】

When Xu Huo saw this thing, he stopped.

A semi-open district, in reality, was a new district that hadn’t fully integrated into the game world yet. Even if ordinary players did dungeons in such a district, because there was a gap between the dungeon space and the district space, they couldn’t directly enter the district, so a spatial gateway was needed.

The out-of-district players who entered Zone 014 back then had probably used a similar item to enter the district’s real world from a dungeon.

The two points, high cost and difficulty of acquisition, Xu Huo had learned through the bounty platform after the out-of-district player invasion incident. He just hadn’t expected the game to distribute this kind of item as an upgrade package.

In reality, entering a semi-closed district wasn’t easy. Gateway items were essential, and on top of that, the district’s dungeon train tickets were required. Semi-closed district, as stated plainly, meant the district’s gamification level wouldn’t be too high, and the number of D-grade and above players wouldn’t be too many either. Reaching D-grade was required to open the trading platform, so ticket buying and selling was inconvenient.

Moreover, in semi-closed districts, there wouldn’t be too many high-level dungeons either. This meant most of the district’s tickets were for low-level dungeons, and were issued more to low-level players. With scarce trading channels, most people who could immediately get tickets were probably relying on luck.

As for why not many high-level players came for the Zone 014 Super Item incident, another important factor was the appearance of ”Fielder’s Battle Angel.” Super players like the Paper Artisan, or some other high-level players from the E27 wormhole point, all went to snatch this super battle item that had once made a name across multiple wormhole points. Compared to a super item with unknown attributes, this was clearly more worth a shot.

Furthermore, ”Fielder’s Battle Angel” was publicly revealed by the Fielder Family and allowed other players to obtain, whereas the Zone 014 super item, just finding the person who obtained it was like fishing for a needle in the ocean.

But Xu Huo also only now learned that the Zone 014 super item incident wasn’t entirely without aftereffects.

Although super items were only announced to their own wormhole point, high-level players could spread the news through the Under-the-Dimension Hall. As the influence expanded, quite a number of Zone 014 low-level dungeon train tickets would gradually appear on the bounty platform. High-level players from other wormhole points could likewise come to Zone 014 afterward and repeat the Phantom Sound Knights’ coercive tactics. Although under normal circumstances the item holder should escape into a dungeon and not come back, it didn’t hurt to try.

So it was only when the item was ”snatched away by an unidentified super player” that the matter truly came to a close. Otherwise, Zone 014 would have endless troubles.

168 hours. Xu Huo looked at the item introduction. Seven days. No wonder those people came fast and left fast.

This item was useless for now. He opened his ticket folder, preparing to head straight to the next dungeon, but after opening it, he paused, then turned his head to look at the person beside him. ”Is something the matter?”

Liu Xiaoxiao was holding the short sword he had given her. ”You didn’t take this back.”

The Invisibility Cloak had been taken back when she came up. ”Keep the short sword for self-defense. It’s not a high-grade item.”

After a pause, he took out some more money for her. ”I just got this train ticket from someone else. I don’t know whether this district is good or bad. Try your luck.”

Liu Xiaoxiao flushed and declined, ”That’s too much... No, no, I’m not here for money... I just wanted to thank you again...”

”No need.” Xu Huo was sincere. He had saved her, but she had also helped him clear the dungeon.

”If there’s ever a chance in the future, I will definitely repay you.” Liu Xiaoxiao took the money. ”Can you tell me your player nickname?”

His real name wasn’t convenient to reveal, but player nicknames could be seen on the rankings.

Xu Huo glanced at the pure-colored number above her head and said with a smile, ”Maybe we’ll never meet a second time. Just think of me as an ordinary passerby.”