ultimate skill

Chapter 19 The City Within the City
This day was the most tiring day for Sun Xiang, he took a nap in the nourishing room for the first time, and Sangbu next to him was still haggard, but his eyes were no longer so confused.

Sun Xiang and the others have been here for a few days. The place where Master Xiao En is the main place is in the building of the Craftsmen Association, occupying a level of the building. What makes Sun Xiang strange is that there are very few members of the association. Coming to this level, "Maybe it's out of respect for Master Xiao En? Let him have a focused environment to choose his disciples." Sun Xiang explained for himself.

When Rafus first met Sun Xiang and the others, he said that the association is a place where the more advanced the production technology is, the more respected it is. Sean has not seen this kind of atmosphere here, and he can experience this situation after leaving this floor.Sun Xiang learned from Lafus that the internal technicians of the association are divided into grades, divided into elementary, intermediate, advanced, expert, and then up to the master level. In the Craftsman Building, all internal personnel wear armbands to indicate their level .After leaving Xiao En's floor, you can often see a group of people coming in and out, surrounded by technicians wearing senior technician armbands.

Since the members of the team joined Xiao En, the mechanical and boring work consumed a lot of energy, and they haven't taken a good look around Tino City. Today, Sun Xiang saw that the other members recovered well, and he also needs to use this spare time from work. Take the time to go outside for a walk to relieve the mental fatigue caused by continuous exercise.After coming out of the nourishing room, Sun Xiang took the other team members to find Lafus, and told him that a few of them wanted to go out for a walk. I don't know if he has any suggestions?Knowing that Sun Xiang and the others didn't know each other well, he was afraid that something might happen to them, so he hired an apprentice, Zola, to go out with them.

Zola was a small young man, whose height was not as high as Susanna's. He looked very energetic. After listening to Rafus' explanation, he led everyone out of the building.Except for the fact that everyone went to the central square once when they first arrived in Tino, and except for Frank who went back to the teleportation field once, the others have never gone out since then, and they don't have a clear goal now.

Tino is a commercial city, so it is necessary to go to the commercial center to see it. Sun Xiang immediately explained his thoughts to Zola.Zola immediately drove everyone to a giant hexagonal building in her own float.Zola told everyone that this is Tino's commercial center, a city within a city, where 40% of the city's business transactions are concluded.

Everyone entered this huge building through the short-distance teleportation device next to the parking space. In fact, Sun Xiang and the others were unprepared for the target they were going to. When choosing the teleportation area, everyone discussed for 5 minutes, and finally chose Zola's proposed complex.

After teleporting in, everyone doesn't know which floor they are in, or even which part of the building they are in. What they can see are rows of shops and many customers, but the layout inside is very Well, although there are many people, it is not crowded.

Everyone walked slowly along a relatively wide road. The shops on both sides of the road were not big, but there were many kinds of goods inside.Zola introduced as he walked, "Most of the merchants in this area don't have targeted business projects, and they sell whatever they can get. Therefore, the commodities here are the most and the most miscellaneous. In contrast, the strength of these merchants is very weak."

Sun Xiang walked into a shop on the side of the road first. There was no one else in the shop except for a robot covered in imitation bio-leather. The robot said "Welcome" when everyone entered the shop, and then stood there blankly. There was no sound.Zola was very casual in the unmanned store, unlike Sun Xiang and the others. He picked up the products in the store and gestured a few times from time to time, and the robots in the store did not stop them, and everyone walked around casually before leaving the store.

Sun Xiang asked Zola, "Are all the stores here like this, just put a robot in the store and start doing business?"

"That's not the case at all. Some stores still use people to look at the store, but using real people is much more expensive than using robots. Most small shops in the complex use robots."

"This place is so big, who has the money to own this center?"

"This center does not belong to anyone, it belongs to the Free Trade Union." Zola replied casually.

"Free Trade Union?" Heard of a new organization.

"You don't even know this?" Zola shook her head with a wry smile, "Don't you think our planet is strange? Its annual business tax is astronomical, but it doesn't belong to any surrounding countries. No country dares to draw its attention. Why is that?" Zola glanced at Sun Xiang and continued: "This is the function of the Free Trade Alliance. This planet belongs to the Alliance. Fifteen cities on this planet belong to the Alliance. Most industries are allied. Only a free commercial alliance can ensure prosperity and stability in this multinational border, and the chaotic star field."

It turns out that John Dun still has such a backstage!It's just that I don't know what kind of strength this alliance possesses, suppressing the surrounding countries and making them dare not act rashly.You must know that on Earth, compared with countries, organizations are generally in a weak position. Even the United Nations, an organization recognized by many countries, is only strong in name.A commercial alliance can actually make several countries dare not act rashly. I'm afraid it's not that simple behind it, Sun Xiang thought deeply.

Sun Xiang and the others haven't touched the currency here since they came to Tino. They have only seen some people use a kind of card when paying the bill, which is a bit like a credit card on Earth, and some people just leave, as if they didn't pay at all.In this trading area, Sun Xiang found out that it was the same here, so he asked Zola: "Why do some people show their cards after people take the goods here, while others just leave?"

As if this is another question that everyone knows, but only Sun Xiang and the others don’t understand, Zola lowered her head, but still patiently explained: “The ones who directly take the goods and leave generally settle on Planet John, or Those who have industries here and have no debts of their own are basically from alien planets.” Finally, he added, “All civilized currencies must be recognized by the Free Trade Union before they can be exchanged for common currency. .”

At this time, there was a commotion not far away, and everyone went forward to check what happened, and saw a group of people in front of a shop, the interior of the shop here was very bright, and you could clearly see inside, there were three Bulky strong men carrying guys, they're smashing things in the store, and a robot is lying on the ground with electric sparks on its body.Zola snorted when he saw it clearly, and said: "There are quite a few such reckless people! They will soon be unlucky." Seeing that everyone looked puzzled, he explained: "If you have a dispute here, you can go to the center for arbitration. The arbitrators here have a good reputation, and they can basically deal with it fairly. As for the private use of force, those who want to use force are fully responsible. They were justified and then became unreasonable. These people are probably from nearby star fields, and they are used to In order to solve the problem in this way, you will suffer a loss here, and the guards will come over soon."

Sure enough, as Zola expected, before he finished his sentence, he saw six robots flashing outside the store door. The outer shells of these robots were shining with metallic luster, and their agile movements were clearly different from those lying on the ground. , They rushed into the store as soon as they appeared. Two big men who were still smashing things were subdued before they even had time to resist. Chairs smashed through windows.

The guard robot is not slow, the one running in front is only two steps away from the big man.Seeing that it was too late for the robot to touch him, the big man jumped out of the window. With one hand, he threw the chair in his hand towards the robot closest to him, and with the other hand he held the object hanging around his waist. Sun Xiang had sharp eyesight, and he could see It was very clear that it was a [-]-centimeter short black stick. The big man pointed one end at the robot running in front. The pointed metal shell of the robot suddenly burst into electric sparks, and then it seemed like a patient who had suddenly fainted. , fell straight to the ground.The big man jumped out of the window without even looking at the robot, and quickly ran away.

(End of this chapter)