Chapter 822: Positive Influence, Money Comes First! Part 1
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy TranslationAfter sending everyone away, Su Mo sat down to think about the details of the coming mission and sort out several major things he had to get done instantly.
First, he had to figure out the way to Heaven’s Origin and the most appropriate way to travel there.
According to the hints given during the spawning process, Prickly Pear Town was a little over 3,000 kilometers away from Heaven’s Territory.
Traveling completely on foot would take at least half a month and probably a month if there were to have unexpected accidents.
He was short on time.
Su Mo thought about the train he saw while falling from the sky and decided to put his hope on it for the time being.
He planned to use the train when the time came if possible. Otherwise, he could find another way to get a vehicle that could travel long distances to reduce the possibility of accidents that would delay the journey.
Secondly, he would need to accumulate start-up capital as soon as possible.
Since the cheapest ordinary employee identity to enter the territory was 800 points, it would be easy to get enough with the 500 points foundation he currently had.
However, considering the limitations of being a mere employee and the difficult missions, Su Mo decided to collect as much as possible.
When the time came, he could try to get a higher starting point according to his accumulated fortune so that it would be easier to climb the hierarchy later on.
Thirdly, he had to discover the coming disaster that would strike in six months.
This was the most important condition to meet to complete the mission. It was also the only way to get out of the ruin. Therefore, he needed to figure out the impending disaster to lead the territory through it together.
However, Su Mo had put this as his last priority because it would not be too late for him to figure it out when he arrived in Heaven’s Origin.
‘Huang Xiaojuan will sell whatever assets we have and raise as many funds as possible.
‘I’ll investigate the routes and general information about the wasteland.
‘Oreo will find the location of Sha Yikang’s residence for me.
‘Three of us will act at the same time. There are still four more days for me to work my magic. It’s more than enough!’
Su Mo got up from the bed and sighed as he glanced at the surroundings that looked slightly familiar. Then, he opened the door and walked downstairs.
The building had no highly integrated factory or logistic infrastructure within it.
Outside, the small western-style building looked grand. However, it looked terrifyingly empty inside.
The living room only consisted of some basic wood tables and chairs. Other than that, things like sofas, carpets, electrical appliances, and others were nowhere to be seen.
“Woof!”
Through the open door, Oreo, who had turned into a khaki-colored dog, walked inside with a humane smirk on her face.
Initially, she showed resistance to accepting her new identity.
However, now that she had gone through it, she seemed to have opened the door to a new world. It was evident she was excited.
Su Mo glanced at her and noticed her avoiding his gaze. He raised his eyebrows and smiled.
“Sha Yikang, the man that left in front. Did you remember him?”
Oreo nodded.
“Great. When it’s a little darker, help me find this person and see where he lives. It’s best if you can keep following him and see if he has any other secret base.”
“Woof!”
After giving instructions to Oreo, Su Mo glanced at the already dusky sky and picked up the hat in the living room. He put it on his head and walked out the door behind the courtyard.
The roads here were similar to an ordinary town on earth in the age of civilizations. They were completely hardened with cement and had simple drainage systems built beside them.
Su Mo walked around like a wanderer, scanning the surroundings he passed through, and was not afraid of others discovering his abnormality.
‘It seems subtle rules had taken place in the New World. Identity has become extremely important in both big and small places.
‘Could it be that there is more to it than meets the eye?’
The bustling Prickly Pear Town was not big, and Su Mo had completely walked around the main streets in slightly more than an hour.
The strange thing was that all these shops along the road did not have vacancy notices or any news about jobs.
According to the identities being sold in the game panel, even a hawker on the streets would have to purchase an identity before they could start their business.
Three hours later, Su Mo had traveled south to north and east to west of the whole Prickly Pear Town. He remembered the general terrain in his mind and got some useful information.
Ordinary people were allowed to use the trains he previously saw to travel to other territories after paying a certain cost.
Additionally, he found out the reason why the railways had been able to be maintained for so long— it was not built by humans alone.
The Million Dwarves Country had reached some kind of agreement with the humans and built the railways through combined effort.
Therefore, not only humans had the privilege of using the train to travel or transport supplies to other territories to be sold.
Foreign races also had equal rights to use the trains after paying a certain amount of resources for a ticket.
It was a win-win situation for all races. The railway took more than two years to build, and despite being occasionally damaged by disasters, it would be repaired quickly by humans and foreigners together.
‘It only costs eighty points for a ticket to Heaven’s Origin. It isn’t that expensive.’