Free Web NovelChapter 553: Chapter 199: Finding Treasures at a Small Stall
In the days that followed, Ree Shil and the others mainly followed the same routine.
Free activities during the day, card games and discussions in the evening.
After the exchange, Boss N would take everyone to the club to unwind.
Ree Shil wasn’t too interested in living a life of debauchery, so during this time, he would often head to the Association’s library.
Since learning that he might awaken another Card Player’s talent, he had taken this matter very seriously.
As a sub-first-tier city just slightly behind Lan-Lan Metropolis, BangBang City’s Association Library also boasts a rich collection of books and documents.
However, the awakening of a Card Player’s Talent is something that has little to no research significance, so books on this subject are quite scarce.
Talent awakening is divided into two categories.
The difference between the indigenous people and the transmigrators.
It should be noted that the successors of the transmigrators, who arrive here, count as indigenous people.
Indigenous people generally awaken their talent automatically at a very young age.
As for transmigrators, they go through an adaptation period of 3 to 5 months after their transmigration, after which they awaken automatically.
Both of these paths, in fact, don’t require any catalyst.
Once the time comes, the awakening will naturally take place.
The Card Player’s talent of the indigenous people may sometimes have to do with blood relations, but that’s not always the case.
As for the quality of a Card Player’s talent, it’s a game of chance.
Through reading books, Ree Shil did see many peculiar card player’s talents.
Some of these talents have nothing to do with playing cards at all.
For example, some allow the doubling of cooking skills in instances, delaying the exit time after completing tasks in an instance, changing one’s own card attribute, turning one’s own cards into either females or males, allowing interaction with one’s card projections, and so on.
That evening, the exchange meeting ended as usual.
Ree Shil decided to take a taxi to the Association.
He was planning to call a taxi using his mobile phone, but he saw one coming in the distance and decided to hail it instead.
The car blinked its lights and pulled over in front of him.
"Huh?"
But as soon as he got into the car, Ree Shil noticed something unusual.
This taxi actually had a driver.
He knew about taxis driven by people.
But compared to the numbers, generally, only driving enthusiasts would choose this kind of job.
He had previously only ridden in self-driving taxis.
"Hello, passenger."
Moreover, this driver was not from the mechanical clan, he was a humanoid with a crocodile head.
However, his two arms were made of metal machinery.
He didn’t know if this was congenital or acquired.
"Where would you like to go?"
At this time, the other party asked Ree Shil, and opened his big mouth.
The sight looked like a smile, but in reality, it was ugly and somewhat brutal.
"Heading to the Card Players Association, thank you."
Ree Shil replied.
"All right."
The crocodile-headed driver gently stepped on the accelerator, starting the taxi smoothly.
"It seems that you are not from around here."
He had just started the journey when he began making small talk.
"Oh? Why do you say that?"
Ree Shil asked.
"Because you don’t embody the sense of technology."
As he spoke, the crocodile-head driver clanked his mechanical arms.
In these few days, Ree Shil had indeed noticed that many organic beings in this city had replaced their limbs with mechanical ones.
Supposedly, in this city, metal limbs were considered beautiful.
Moreover, after installing mechanical limbs, for some races with relatively weaker bodies, the mechanical limbs sometimes provided them with substantial aid in instances.
You should know the most exaggerated thing about BangBang City is that it’s truly a city of technology.
During limb replacement, relevant agencies provide continuation services.
For a certain amount of money, one can keep the original organic part that was replaced, stored in a suitable way.
Whenever they got tired of their mechanical limbs, they could pay again to have the original ones reinstalled.
If the original body part hadn’t been preserved, it also wasn’t a problem.
Those agencies could reconstruct one for you in minutes.
And the cost wasn’t considered expensive. Even for an average card player, running a dozen or so instances would be enough to cover the full cost.
Ree Shil wasn’t one who held strong traditional moral values, but he still couldn’t quite accept this kind of limb replacement or reconstruction.
He always felt a bit uncomfortable, and not at ease.
This trend was not popular in their city either.
In fact, even if one wanted to do it, there weren’t any places to get it done.
He had heard that there were many enthusiasts in this field who traveled a long way to BangBang City just for the prosthetic limbs. frёeωebɳovel.com
Ree Shil also heard that Slame almost got talked into becoming a Mechanical Slime Creature while shopping.
It was Andrew Hill who persuaded him not to.
"Indeed, I’m not from around here."
He nodded politely with a smile.
"I hope you don’t mind me asking, but what are you visiting the Association for?"
The crocodile-headed driver asked again.
Having served as a driver for many years, he had developed a chatty habit.
He asked just to recommend some places to Ree Shil.
Of course, most importantly, if he could get a passenger to some designated places, he could get some commission as a tip.
But doing this kind of thing required some necessary discernment and the ability to size people up.
If someone who just came out from the Hall Two is heading to the Card Player Association, they would likely be more interested in the Cube Cards.
Faced with such a guest, if he were to recommend places like clubhouses, he would probably get complained about before even reaching the destination.
