Wei Laoda handed the student Student Badge to Li Chen and continued, "You can use this to get your address information."
"But of course, there's a price to pay."
Li Chen was somewhat puzzled.
What price?
Wei Laoda chuckled and asked, "You don't charge for the room?"
"You must understand that the Ruined City is not like your inland areas where money is so easy to obtain. Here, all money has been converted into 'Merit,' which can only be earned by killing Eerie Monsters."
"And these 'Merits' are valid in every city at every border crossing, and can even be exchanged for your inland currency."
Li Chen nodded slightly, now understanding how to obtain Merit. The only Eerie Monsters to kill?
Could it really be as Jianping said, that they are to directly fight their way out of the Ruined Pass to gain "Merit"?
Wei Laoda, seemed to have guessed Li Chen's doubts and said with a wicked smile, "Don't think too much about it. Since you're here to train, your Sequence Masters will naturally tell you what to do."
"But if you need any help later, you can contact me."
"Hehehe..."
Li Chen thought about how his Instructor Yu, Yu, had gotten out of the car and run away, and pursed his lips.
In this respect Instructor Yu is not as good as Wei Laoda, at least he told the group about the Ruined City.
By this time, Su Zhe had almost finished resting and spoke up, "Speaking of which, Wei Laoda, what's going on with this Ruined City? Why is it so filthy?"
"I'm already exhausted after just a few steps."
Li Chen and Jianping also looked at Wei Laoda, since this matter had indeed troubled them earlier.
Wei Laoda, looked at the Ruined Pass and said, "This isn't some kind of insult. The Ruined City was created because the Lord Main Brain was born. But do you think such a large city would require a huge amount of energy?"
"The ground beneath the feet of every living person here is made of a special metal that can absorb a portion of the energy from the human body during movement."
"Of course, all of this will have feedback, which means you will receive benefits."
"However, this is something only the Ruined City possesses; everything was created because of the Lord Main Brain."
Li Chen raised his eyes. He was right; such a large technological city must require an enormous amount of energy.
But how can absorbing the energy of such a small number of people be enough?
He knew the principle of accumulating small amounts into large sums, but this was indeed a bit of an exaggeration.
Seeing the surprised looks on their faces, Wei Laoda's lips curled up slightly. He had the same expression when he first arrived here.
Only by knowing some of the reasons can one understand.
"You should go find your lodgings. Things haven't been peaceful lately. This Ruined Pass is one of the most important passes for the Human Race."
"I still have a lot of things to take care of, but I'm really looking forward to your arrival."
"After all, it's been a long time since any new players have come to the Ruined City."
Just as Wei Laoda finished speaking, before Li Chen and the others could voice their doubts, Wei Laoda vanished from their sight in a flash.
Su Zhe looked around and said, "Wow, Wei Laoda's movement skills are impressive!"
Li Chen smiled and took out his newly upgraded Student Badge.
A lot of things have changed. Several messages popped up, showing the location of their residence.
There is another map, just like the one you see when you enroll at the Canglan Academy, only the environment here is different.
Li Chen looked up in the direction of his residence and spoke.
"Let's go, it's time to see where we live."
"Get some rest. This training seems to be quite extraordinary!"
"Next, we should be fighting the Eerie Monsters."
If "Merit" become currency, and can only be obtained by killing Eerie Monsters, then their subsequent trials will inevitably involve fighting Eerie Monsters and killing Eerie Monsters to gain Merit.
Inside a research room shimmering with white light in the Ruined Pass, numerous robots moved about, carrying things as if they were normal people.
"How about it? My student is pretty good, isn't he?" Yu Qingnian said with a slight smile, looking at the man in the white coat in front of him.
The man looked very happy.
"Excellent, very good! The energy they provided actually exceeded 1 trillion, that's truly impressive!!"
Yu Qingnian punched him in the chest and laughed, "You rascal, my students aren't your power banks."
"It's you who, over the past few years, has transformed this Ruined City into this state; truly impressive."
The man waved his hand, sat down on a soft white sofa, and said, "The pressure in the Ruined Pass is too much. I'd rather live inland like you, at least I wouldn't have to see those Eerie Monsters every day."
Yu Qingnian was stunned for a moment, then remained silent.
Indeed, a border is always a border, and the pressure on people living at the border is increasing.
They wanted to leave, but circumstances didn't allow it.
After a few seconds, Yu Qingnian asked.
"Ruined Pass for the past few years, but there shouldn't be any major problems, right?"
At this moment, a crack appeared on the man's arm, and a blue light flashed within, slowly revealing a projection.
The video playing inside was a surging tide of eerie Eerie Monsters.
Several gigantic, terrifying Eerie Monsters even appeared, their bodies being composites of countless Eerie Monsters.
"As you can see, these Eerie Monsters are evolving at an increasingly rapid pace; they seem to be beginning to develop a sliver of intelligence."
"Having realized that quantity alone cannot guarantee victory, we began to focus on a collective effort to overcome the challenge."
"This kind of situation has become more and more common in recent years. A while ago, Dawn Pass was breached in this way. You should have heard about it, right?"
The man's expression was somewhat solemn as he spoke.
Yu Qingnian watched the video and nodded slightly.
The Eerie Monsters are more difficult to deal with than before; they've even begun to evolve intelligence. You know, these crazy Eerie Monsters were already a headache for humans; if they had intelligence, what would become of them?
But then the man smiled and said, "Don't look so gloomy. You should know that even if these Eerie Monsters gained intelligence, they couldn't possibly breach the homeland protected by us Human Race!"
"They're just a bunch of toxic elements trying to devour the world; one day we'll wipe these scum out."
"The counterattack will eventually come."
"The inland areas aren't very peaceful either; the Special Affairs Bureau can't even handle small matters."
Yu Qingnian didn't have the same good mindset; he was mostly silent. Perhaps having stayed inland for so long had changed his attitude considerably.
He slowly began, "The inland areas have been severely eroded, with Evil Cults emerging one after another."
"The Special Affairs Bureau can still manage, but it's starting to lose its strength."
The man seemed to have anticipated this, and said with a smile, "Let them cause as much trouble as they want inland, as long as they don't make it to the border."
Suddenly his aura changed, and a terrifying sense of pressure descended.
"If the pass is breached."
"I will exterminate their entire clan."