hsntnovel Chapter 549 Can I buy on credit?
Chapter 549 Can I buy on credit?
“Although I’m very curious, I have to ask, are not only the police but also the tour guides robots?”
Although the style of this city is too retro, what's the matter with these robots that can be seen everywhere?
"Yes, yes, that's why I say this is a great city!"
Jimmy smiled. He quite liked this city.
Bianca just shook her head. "I am a little worried. Who should we be responsible for these robots? What if..."
This kind of robot is capable of touching all aspects of the city, big and small, and it doesn't matter if it is taken over by other people with malicious intent.
Jimmy thought for a moment and said, "It's an organization called the City Management Association - it's also called the City Hall because of the office space - they use robots to maintain law and order."
"Who are the members of this organization?"
Bianca thought for a while and looked at Jimmy strangely. In some ways, this kind of organization should develop in the same way as in the original world.
"They are directly elected from the citizens and are replaced every year. In fact, because the robot system itself can maintain itself, almost everyone is capable of doing the work of the agency. The real big things will not be handed over to the City Management Association for management. There is an organization similar to the British parliamentary team."
"Hmm... Well, ah, this is it. It looks pretty good. It's surprisingly advanced."
Bianca smiled slightly awkwardly. What else could she say? This system was still in use by the current Tianming. How could she say it was not advanced?
"Come to think of it, you don't stutter as long as you speak in long sentences, right?"
Bianca changed the subject, and Jimmy was also stunned. "Is that so? I, I'm not sure...Ah, look! That, that is the tour guide robot!"
Jimmy and Bianca followed him into the city, and then they noticed a man wearing heavy armor standing in front of the tour guide robot with a white telephone pole and a magician's hat.
"Well, that's Mr. Li Ming."
"um, yes!"
Jimmy looked at the armored man with some curiosity. Although Li Ming and the Iron-masked Man were dressed in similar clothes, Li Ming's armor still had a special style, so the language could be recognized.
"Welcome to Alexandria. This machine can provide you with a basic city guide for free. If you need an escort, please pay three drachmas and check your identity information."
"Drachma, using drachma as currency, this world is really interesting. Is it from a different world? Does it use a more ancient currency system?"
"Yes."
The tour guide robot took the trouble to explain it for Li Ming.
"So you support credit?"
Li Ming looked at the tour guide robot. Although it was only an AI program that was talking to him, Li Ming still asked a question.
Apparently, this sentence caused the tour guide robot to freeze for a moment. “Credit***credit&%#$creditcreditcredit…”
The tour guide robot finally returned to normal amidst the noise, "No, I can't buy you on credit!"
"No way?" Li Ming smiled with some regret, "Is that so? I wanted to report our captain's wallet."
"Sorry, we don't support credit! Sorry, we don't support credit!"
Li Ming's words seemed to have triggered some mechanism, causing the tour guide robot to keep reporting errors.
Looking at the artificial idiot, Li Ming wanted to try to see if he could swipe the card, but now it seems, forget it, don't let it crash.
He walked into the city carrying the meat of Leviathan. Although he didn't know the way, he could understand what these people said, so it didn't have any impact.
"Thanks for chatting with me, artificial idiot!"
"F*&%$#@right!"
The tour guide robot watched Li Ming leave amid a series of beeps.
"So do you have Lamarck? Although I don't know what Lamarck is?"
Bianca glanced at the somewhat unreliable tour guide robot and said, "Besides, we don't seem to have three drachmas."
"Although it doesn't look fancy, one drachmach is actually equivalent to 10 grains of gold - the gold content is still quite high as a currency." Jimmy suddenly stopped stuttering when explaining.
Bianca was curious about how much this so-called grain was. "Tsk, how much is 10 grains?"
A blonde girl took over Bianca's words. The girl's hair color was purer than Bianca's, like flowing gold, which was different from Bianca's platinum color mixed with some white hair.
"A grain is the average weight of a grain of wheat. Gold is precious, so people need to use this precise unit. As the saying goes, 'every penny counts, and speaking of 'every penny counts,' now you have a chance to save money!"
"Hey...wait, what do you mean? No, who are you anyway?"
Although I didn't question him directly, I'm used to people who don't play by the rules.
"Me? I can give you a much better tour of the city—all the things these machines won't tell you, and for only two drachmas!"
The girl's eyes were obviously golden, but Bianca didn't know why she felt like she saw the word "money-grubber" in her eyes. What was going on?
Bianca looked at the girl with dead fish eyes, and Jimmy smiled bitterly. Bianca smiled, "...So, you are also a tour guide?"
"Tour guide? No, no, no, I won't do that kind of repetitive work for a long time." The blonde girl spread her hands. "The reason why my explanation is fundamentally different from the robot's is because my way of thinking is fundamentally different from the robot's way of thinking. Compared with their rigid procedures, in other words, I am a philosopher, and they are not!"
"Um, what on earth are you talking about?"
Bianca looked at the puzzled girl in front of her, but the girl didn't say anything. "Forget it, maybe you don't quite understand what I'm saying. Let me put it another way. In other words, I need you to understand me better, so that I can show my quality and value for money!"
"Wait a minute, then. In this case, do you accept credit?" Bianca interrupted the girl when she saw she was about to continue.
And Bianca's words instantly turned the girl into Jimmy, "Buy on credit?!"
After seeing the girl's reaction, Bianca nodded secretly, "Oh, it seems that credit is not allowed. It seems to be a rather old-fashioned way of operating the economy."
"Buying on credit is such a horrible thing!"
The blonde girl said angrily, and Bianca said helplessly, "There's nothing we can do. Our captain said it will be reimbursed!"
"What a vicious captain..." The blonde girl started to babble without manners.
"So, anyway, I still don't know how to address this lady. Could you please stop speaking in such an incomprehensible tone?"
"Oh, sorry, my name is Thales Ho Miletus, and I'm the director of the Metaphysical Institute of the Great Library, commanding three armies - in other words, a genuine philosopher. Here, this is a business card, please keep it!"
Bianca suddenly felt that her first impression was beginning to be somewhat shattered, and she secretly complained, "It seems that the treatment in your library is not very good. Do you also need to come out to earn extra money?"
Bianca's words directly hit Taylor's heart, causing Taylor's originally bright eyes to suddenly turn dim.