Chapter 55: I Want What Others Have Too

You'eryuan: I heard Ai Ai received a Hidden Task again. Why don't I get any Hidden Tasks?

Zhuguli to You'eryuan: It depends on what Branch Line you're following. Why not come over and be a guard? I've earned five thousand Tana these past few days.

Yunxiao to You'eryuan: The Wealth Church welcomes you. The Gold Ties gave us another sum of money these past few days, telling us to find an apartment building to live in ourselves. If we grind a bit more, we might be able to do Branch Line tasks.

Luolita to You'eryuan: Come to the mountain! I caught prey these past two days, a deer! The Hunters say I have talent!

Hua Kai Ban Xia to You'eryuan: Borrow money from Yezi and you can open a breakfast stall. I can earn 300 Tana a day here; it feels pretty good.

You'eryuan: I want a Hidden Task. The test is only for one month in total; why won't you give me a single Hidden Task?

Tuorsuo to You'eryuan: Didn't Ai Ai infer before that you need to fulfill the prerequisites for Hidden Tasks? You don't do your proper work in the game every day, so how could you possibly trigger a Hidden Task?

Looking at the replies from the netizens, Li You fell into deep thought.

At the beginning, he had indeed borrowed some money from Yezi, then opened a breakfast stall to sell pancakes.

But the cost of living in this godforsaken place is too high. The people in the Factory District can't afford to eat them; they can only afford black bread, and it has to be the kind of black bread mixed with sand that costs 2 Tana.

So, on the first day of setting up his stall, Li You met his Waterloo.

Then he tossed and turned and went to the Rich District to set up a stall, but it was even more impossible for people in the Rich District to eat street food. Plus, his skills really couldn't compare to the professionals, and the pancake wraps he made didn't taste that good. So, after barely breaking even, he stopped doing it.

Now that he saw others could complete Hidden Tasks, he felt extremely annoyed.

They were all good brothers who entered the game on the same day; he had originally thought he could become a T0-level player.

As a result, he had actually become the one holding everyone back?

He could not accept it.

He really could not accept it.

He looked at his watch with some annoyance, then saw the watch hand finally reach the position he wanted, so he hurriedly put on his Helmet and lay on the bed.

Entering the game again, he was already able to integrate into the game quite well.

Now he was living in an apartment provided by Archbishop Andrew. Many children had appeared here in the last few days; according to Andrew, these children were all Believers of the Calamity.

But Li You felt that these children were just here to get a free meal because they had nothing to eat.

After going downstairs, Li You heard the whispers of two elderly Believers.

"I heard there's a small night market in the Factory District at night. I wonder if there will be any Transcendental Power there."

"We'll have to wait until tonight to verify that. I gathered some news here: there's a small market near the Potter's Field. It's not large, but many hunters go there to trade. I heard there might be some Spiritual Substance for sale there, but my legs are really not good, so I can't go."

Li You hurried over and pointed at himself.

Isn't this a Hidden Task?

Could it be that he had completed the prerequisite tasks?

Come to think of it, among this batch of 200 test players, more than 100 were living in the Military Camp, and nearly fifty were living on Bar Street. There were only a few new Believers living in Archbishop Andrew's apartment.

There were also several who went up the mountain to hunt, and several who were doing business at stalls.

As for being unemployed, he was probably the only one.

Isn't this the perfect opportunity?

"Young man, are you going to the Potter's Field? The small market there will open today; you can still make it if you go now." The old man speaking had a lame leg; it was hard for him to have gathered the information.

This body of his really couldn't make it to a place as far as the Potter's Field.

Li You nodded and said, "Yes."

After so many days in the game, Li You had learned words like "please," "thank you," "sorry," and yes/no.

Hearing the response, the lame old man was very happy. "It's good that someone is willing. If there is any new news, tell the great Lord of Calamity; he will point out the direction for you. The Potter's Field is at the foot of the mountain three kilometers from here, and the market is right nearby."

Li You nodded.

So this was a task issued by the Lord of Calamity!

In other words, he had definitely received a major task this time!

Leaving the apartment, he wished he could run all the way to the Potter's Field.

Three kilometers wasn't far; if he hurried, he could get there in half an hour. Li You only used twenty minutes to run to the foot of the mountain.

The Potter's Field of Tana City was mainly for burying the city's poor. In the Factory District of Tana City, elderly people were taken out to be buried almost every day. After most people passed the age of forty, it was very difficult to find a satisfactory job in the Factory District. If they hadn't saved enough money for retirement before forty, then being taken away was almost an inevitable fate.

Not everyone had the chance to be favored by Andrew and become a Believer of the Calamity, and even fewer Believers of the Calamity were so lucky to have the chance to live in an apartment.

Many of the Believers Andrew had developed in the past had left this world before they could even live in an apartment.

Li You walked forward panting. On the edge of the Factory District, small grave mounds emitted a chilling cold. The bonfire not far away attracted Li You; the so-called market should be here.

The Hunters of Tana City would not butcher the carcasses of their prey in the city; most of them would go to a few fixed markets to sell their gains.

The tanning of leather was also often done at the markets; few hunters would take the prey directly home, prepare it at home, and then take it out to sell.

Because of the existence of the Wealth Church, these leathers would be purchased by unified merchants. They didn't need to do these complicated things; as long as they handed them over to the people at the market, they could get their own share.

Over time, the few footholds at the foot of the mountain became fixed markets.

When Li You arrived, he realized that the smoke rising was mainly from boiling hot water and charcoal fires. There was quite a bit of leather being dried here, and some meat from prey was being smoked.

Seeing Li You, a dozen merchants and a few hunters turned their heads. There weren't many newcomers in this place; basically, those who came to the market were people who knew each other.

"Young man, are you here to learn how to hunt too?" The old hunter Lion, who was sitting on the side, stared with round eyes and said to Li You, "I've seen your attire. Isn't being a soldier enough for you Xiahui People? You still want to learn how to hunt?"

Li You scratched his head in embarrassment, then said, "No."

"Oh, then are you here to buy things?" The old hunter said knowingly, "There are many good things here. If you need Cutting Tools to separate animal fur, leather armor to protect yourself, or bows and arrows, everything is here. If you want to buy prey, if you offer a higher price than the Church's price, then I don't mind selling it to you."

(End of chapter)