The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 259: Conspiracy and Selicia and the Grinder
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Annan is actually still a little worried about whether the players can really bring Selicia back smoothly.
Celicia is a real celebrity in the underground world.
——"The digger among the diggers", "the poppy in the deep rock", strong, free and beautiful, neither greedy nor cowardly, strong in desire and lucky enough at the same time... follow the dream firmly and Young people who are constantly exploring new worlds.
There is no doubt that she is a superstar who fully conforms to the values of the underground world.
Regardless of gender, regardless of age... everyone wants to be Selicia, and everyone also wants Selicia.
Every child has a dream of adventure.
It can be as grand as an epic poem, or as romantic and warm as a fairy tale.
But gradually, as they grew up, they realized that travel and adventure were not as beautiful as they imagined, and that they had their own life plans... After realizing that they had no money, no time, no energy, no skills, This unrealistic adventure dream naturally dissipated.
The Silver Brigade is different.
They are living legends.
It can even be said that the reason why many young girls want to become Diggers is because of Selicia's infection.
If there is a unified political system in the underground world, then Selicia will definitely become a high-level figure at the spokesperson level - just to allow their group to continue their adventures, they will be given a large amount of funds.
Because if the story of the "Silver Brigade" ends here, it may even indirectly affect the development of the underground world to slow down and stagnate.
Digging is not an easy job to begin with.
Even the word "danger" doesn't quite sum it up.
A set of exploration equipment including a lantern and anchor points, as well as only enough food and water for a week - not to mention a tent, not even a sleeping bag.
If you want additional equipment, just go to the only designated store to buy it yourself.
Including tents, sleeping bags, portable bandages, nutritional supplements, additional light sources, anti-cut gloves and other series of equipment that are "convenient for diggers to carry out exploration operations". The variety is quite complete and the performance is indeed good.
But if you want to buy them all, it will cost a lot of money. Take bandages, light sources and other goods as examples. Their prices are more than twice as expensive as similar items on the ground.
You know, this is the underground world with the most convenient transportation, the true "center of the world."
Because of the subways connecting various countries, the prices of many goods here are not much higher than those produced locally, and they are even much cheaper due to the huge amount of imports at one time. There is also a "smart man" mechanism in the underground world, and among the powerful people in various countries, there is no one with the most smart people.
These wise men have indeed developed many advanced equipment for exploration and excavation. The level of advanced technology is very high and it is undoubtedly the world's leading level.
But these equipments sold to the majority of "amateur diggers" are not only not cheap, but more expensive; not only more expensive, they are even limited...
But in any case, "diggers" are also the only way for those in the underground world who are not smart, talented, and have not received higher education to become big shots - it is essentially gambling on life.
And from this point of view...
On the one hand, the wise men hope that diggers can help them explore more land; on the other hand, they do not want the number of diggers to become too large - at least they must always control the total number of diggers to be less than Wise men.
The wise men control many levels such as law, medical care, and education...but public security, finance, and the most important city ownership rights belong to the diggers.
Generally speaking, diggers usually know their own minds and will not interfere too much with the policies promoted by the wise men. If the digger he assists is too stupid or cruel, the wise man will leave directly.
So a city may not have wise men, but it must have its own diggers. Even if the ownership is sold to a wise man and the wise man doubles as the digger, or the original owner dies unexpectedly, it must still have a digger. It is nothing more than whether the digger is within the city.
But no matter what, one thing cannot be changed - the diggers are much richer than the wise men.
Once the number of diggers is too large, so that there is more than one digger in some cities, the voice of the "wise men" in this city will decrease significantly. The political structure of this underground city will become more and more similar to the city of the above-ground kingdom... The diggers will gradually become "lords", and the wise men will transform from "actual power holders" to "staffers".
So, all they can do... is control the number of Diggers.
How to control it?
It's very simple...just control the amount of "high-quality equipment" on the market.
Use the legend of Selicia to seduce a large number of young people who have no learning, scientific research, or political talents and cannot become the "wise man" class to become diggers. At the same time, the amount of "high-quality equipment" spread to the market is further controlled to ensure that only a small number of people can become diggers.
Where are the rest?
He died of course.
Each digger can receive a ritually positioned beacon every time they return for supplies, so that they can "save their progress" when they return.
The "missing" rate for diggers in the first month alone was as high as 70%. On average, each digger can install less than three beacons.
In other words, due to the dilution of data from a large number of positioning beacons installed by many experienced diggers and "exploration teams", the vast majority of diggers still do not have the ability to return three times.
In the first month, many diggers will give up...or simply die in the lightless underground.
Once the light source is lost, they will never be able to find their way back; in the exploration layer, which has no maps and no buildings, only a mess of tunnels, they may lose their way at any time - food and water will most likely not be enough. , and may even be snatched away by other diggers; occasionally some monsters will appear in the shallower layers of the exploration layer, and it is impossible for ordinary people to defeat them.
The mortality rate in their "romantic and great" exploration career is even much higher than that on the battlefield.
And their survival rate is even strictly controlled - it is impossible to explore for valuable things without equipment. After all, this is not a single-player game... As long as their efficiency lags behind the same period, the "treasures" will be discovered first.
Of course these young amateur diggers will gradually realize...this is the conspiracy of the wise men. But if they live long enough, they can gradually collect a set of equipment...for example, from the corpses of the dead.
When they truly became "diggers" and returned home, their positions immediately changed.
It is not just the wise who do not welcome redundant diggers~IndoMTL.com~ Even the diggers themselves do not want similar people to **** their power - the rights of all diggers are equal. As long as there is one more person, it means that half of one's power will be divided; if there are two more diggers, one can even directly steal a city.
No matter how much they hated the conspiracy of "controlling the number of diggers" back then, they will still carry it out either actively or silently.
This is a real meat grinder.
The tunnels were dug by a large number of "preparatory diggers". Generation after generation of young people spend their lives searching for wealth. The one who may become a "digger" can only be the first one to insert the coordinates at the destination.
If you are lucky enough, you might wake up early and still have a life left when you come back; if you are unlucky, you will turn into a pile of bones and eventually be buried by the Bone Burial Granny.
From this point of view.
Celicia may also be considered one of the murderers, or at least an accomplice.
Although she herself has done nothing, this tradition has been formed for several generations before she entered the underground world... but the survivors who are full of hatred will not be unreasonable.
——Because the deeds of Selicia, the "Captain in the Stone", have directly led to another "tide of diggers" in the underground world.
A large number of children have lost their parents.
A large number of parents lost their children.
The wife who lost her husband, the younger brother and sister who lost their brother... While the underground world is ushering in an unprecedented wave of development, different tragedies are also being staged here.
In fact.
There may be more people who want to kill Selicia than those who fall in love with her.
Not to mention...
Now Selicia has given up the power of destiny brought to her by the treasure ship "Silver" and returned to the Silver level.