Chapter 24 The City That Never Sleeps
"Welcome to the city that never sleeps." This sentence is not something that can be heard from people, but can be seen directly from hundreds of meters away. There are more than a hundred meters away from the entrance of the East District, and you can see a large number of high-bright crystal energy lamps hanging above the entrance in the distance. The shapes of these crystal energy lamps are specially made. After being spliced together, these two rows of huge texts are displayed. What's more special is that the surface of the crystal energy lamp has been specially treated, not only emits white light, but changes a color every one or two minutes. The warm fonts keep flashing, which will create an unknown thing for the people coming and going.
The attraction makes people involuntarily pay more attention to the lights. Below the welcome sign is the city gate. The door is decorated very gorgeously, and there are also a large number of medium-bright crystal energy lamps on both sides and above. In the dark night, these lights are the best guide, allowing everyone to easily find the entrance to the city, enter the city from here, and enjoy the happy night of the city never sleep. In theory, it is just the crystals consumed by these lights at the city gate, which can reach hundreds of gold coins in one night, but in order to show the flowers of the city never sleep, the city government has maintained this expense for seven consecutive years.
Walking through the city gate and walking into the city that never sleeps, it feels like entering another world, with taverns and dance halls next to each other, and the signs of each store are also made of crystal energy lamps, and dazzling lights are used to attract pedestrians' sight. The sound insulation effect of each store is very good, but the music in the store is too loud. Whenever the store door is opened, a huge music will float out of the store, making people imagine the hot atmosphere in the store through music. Unlike the City of Knowledge, the taverns or dance halls in the City of Knowledge are relatively restrained, and most of them are gentle dance music and songs, but the city of Neville is completely different.
Neville City's music combines the roughness of the grassland orc music and the intensity of the Curran dwarf music. It has a very fast rhythm, and the corresponding dance is also particularly unrestrained. Rather than talking, it is just a violent twist to release the emotions in my heart. Through the opened store door, you can see that the dance hall is shrouded in the darkness, and only the stage is flashing with the brilliance of crystal lights, and young men and women are hiding in the darkness. The face is close to the face and twisting the body with the high-speed music. Perhaps because of the severe movement, everyone who dances breathes rapidly and blushing on their cheeks.
The dim scene in the dance hall only showed the tip of the iceberg with the opening and closing of the gate. On the streets of the city never sleeps. Overall, it was still filled with gorgeous lights. The flashing light hit the faces of pedestrians, reflecting the uncertain weather on the faces of pedestrians. Yes, even though it was already late at night, there were still many pedestrians on the street, but these pedestrians did not look normal. Some seven or eight people gathered together, put their shoulders on each other, wandering loudly on the street, while others were alone. They held wine bottles in their hands and staggered around the street. No matter which kind of
People, they actually have no clear purpose. They just drink from one tavern to another, and then release their inner emotions and alcohol in their blood in the dance hall. After venting their best, they will stagger into the casino. The loser who lost all the last copper coins walked back to the street with a depressed look on his face, holding the bottle in his arms and finally fell drunk on the street. The lucky winner brought gold coins full of his pockets and stayed in the best hotel surrounded by beautiful women and spent a pink night.
"Is it really okay for them to do this?" Catherine avoided a man who fell asleep directly on the roadside after being drunk and frowned: "It's dangerous to be drunk on the roadside without any warning. And it's too easy to be patronized by thieves."
"People who live like this all year round are used to it." Panis shrugged and said indifferently: "And the security of the city never sleeps is very good. There are basically no thieves, and guards are patrolling everywhere. Of course, the bigger thing is that people who will get drunk on the roadside often have no money in their pockets. Those who still have money left will only fall into the woman's bed, and will never fall into the street."
"Can this be considered life?" Catherine said with a stern face and disgust: "If you can't live like this, you will go crazy if you don't have many celestial beings. It's simply terrible."
"But that's not the case." Panis said with a lip curl: "At least one-third of the people in Neville live such a life all year round, whether men or women, they indulge themselves every night, and then return to their original well-dressed appearance during the day and continue their normal work and life. They are not crazy yet, but in a sense it is not normal."
"Why is this happening?" Vivian was also a little unbearable and asked in confusion: "They should be very clear that such a life will only make a person decadent, and if it continues for a long time, this person will never be saved."
"What does that matter? After all, they enjoy happiness." Panis said: "They like to replace long-term depression with a moment of happiness. If they don't stand on their side, who is qualified to say that they are wrong?"
"Do they feel very painful inside?" Freya avoided a woman who was walking and stumbling. The strong smell of alcohol and the aroma of expensive powder on the woman made Freya unable to help but cover her nose until she escaped from the woman. She continued: "Didn't it mean this is a city full of opportunities? Why are so many people still immersed in pain? Why would she rather choose a decadent life?"
"Haha, are there opportunities?" Panis chuckled and did not answer Freya's question: "I know you won't like that noisy environment, but that environment is mostly prepared for rebellious young people and guests at the lower level. Most of the rich and identifiable guests will not go there. They have their own places to go. Come on, I'll take you to a quieter place."
"You haven't answered my question yet." Freya said dissatisfiedly: "Don't change the subject."
Chapter completed!