At this moment, Firefly and the others had already on city's edge. The Giant Spider, after being dragged for a while, proved inconvenient, so she put it back into her system backpack.
A city wall was erected at the edge of this city, but it wasn't the kind made of stacked stones like in ancient times; instead, it was a steel wall with a gray metallic sheen.
Below the city wall was a retractable metal gate. At the gate entrance, many vehicles and pedestrians moved back and forth.
"This is Grenource, a border city of the Europa Order Alliance, and the city closest to the forest."
Yui stopped, turned around, and introduced a city.
Firefly nodded, indicating she understood. Then she pointed at the vehicles and pedestrians queuing at the city gate and asked:
"Does this city require identification?"
Upon hearing that, Yui was momentarily stunned. Then she looked at silver-white armor, then at the direction of the city gate, lost in thought for a moment.
"Is this question difficult to answer?"
Seeing Yui spacing out, Firefly felt a bit strange. If identification was needed, she would find another way in; if not, she could enter directly.
However, Firefly seemed to have forgotten something. She was speaking through Sam, so her originally sweet, slightly puzzled girlish voice instantly transformed into a cold, emotionless mechanical electronic voice.
This sentence made Yui's entire body tremble. She quickly said:
"No... no, it's not. Because Grenource often has outsiders visiting, many people with unclear identities also come here."
"Initially, Grenource would verify identities, but over time, as long as you're not a particularly famous wanted criminal, you can enter by simply paying a fee."
"But if anyone dares to commit a crime in the city," Yui said, pointing to a group of soldiers beside the city gate, "the City Guard will not let that person go."
Then she pulled out the Mercenary Association badge and said, "Moreover, the City Guard also posts bounties on the Mercenary Association, ranging from one hundred to several hundred thousand credit points depending on the strength, so many mercenaries rush to catch people."
"Alright, let's go."
Seeing that Yui didn't seem to be lying, Firefly didn't ask further. She planned to discuss it after entering the city.
But even if she were deceived, those City Guards wouldn't cause her much trouble.
"Okay, okay."
Seeing Sam start walking towards the city gate, Yui breathed a slight sigh of relief, then quickly pulled Rin along to follow.
Since that person was willing to enter, it at least mean they not really those muscle brain steroid. Yui felt her situation should be safer.
As the three joined the queue, Firefly could clearly feel many gazes falling upon her.
After all, she was the only one in silver-white armor queuing up, standing out like a crane among chickens in the crowd.
However, perhaps because this wasn't an area under IMA jurisdiction, or perhaps armor wasn't considered a prosthetic modification, Firefly didn't detect any malicious stares; they were mostly born of curiosity.
Before long, it was their turn.
"Hello, please pay ten credit points to enter the city."
As they reached the entrance, a soldier stopped them. After staring at the very conspicuous Sam for a moment, he pointed to the credit point payment area nearby and spoke.
Just as Firefly was about to take out her terminal, Yui quickly stopped her.
"You saved us, let us pay these credit points."
Before her words finished, thirty credit points were swiped over.
"You may enter."
Seeing that the three had paid the credit points, the soldier let them pass.
Immediately upon entering the city, Yui cautiously asked Sam:
"Um... Ah, what should we call you?"
"You can call me Sam."
Upon hearing this question, Firefly answered without thinking.
As for the name Firefly, she would wait until she removed her armor to reveal it.
"Alright, Mr. Sam, the Mercenary Association is not far from here. You can directly sell the Giant Spider's corpse there."
With that, Yui walked directly towards a certain place, gesturing for Sam to follow.
'Ugh... I'm actually a girl... wait, I was a man in my previous life, so 'Mr.' isn't wrong!'
Hearing Yui's address, Firefly subconsciously started to grumble inwardly, then followed her.
After passing through traffic and crowds, Firefly soon saw the Mercenary Association's plaque.
However, unlike the Pit Bottom District one she had seen before, which was only a two-story building, the Mercenary Association before her was a skyscraper estimated to be a hundred meters tall.
'Hiss... it seems Boss Shen isn't doing so well after all; this isn't even in the same league.'
Looking up at the Mercenary Association before her, Firefly couldn't help but inwardly grumble.
Entering the association, the first thing that greeted her was a clean and tidy lobby, and a prominent large screen behind it.
Around the lobby were many sofas and coffee tables. Each coffee table had a terminal device similar to a tablet computer, displaying various tasks.
In front of the large screen was a front desk, where six receptionist were seated, each separated by partitions.
At this moment, four of The receptionist had two to four people in front of them, seemingly discussing detailed information about tasks.
Upon entering, Yui turned to Rin beside her and said:
"Rin, you just experienced ability overclocking. Go rest in the lounge area for a bit. I will find you after we're done."
"Okay..."
Rin, standing idly by, reluctantly squeezed out a single word after hearing Yui's words, then wobbled over to a sofa and sat down.
Seeing Rin seated, Yui called out to a receptionist there:
"Hello, I'm accompanying this mr to sell a Mutated Beast corpse."
"Hello, madam, what grade of Mutated Beast corpse are you looking to sell?"
Hearing someone inquire, The receptionist smiled and asked Yui, then turned her gaze to Sam.
"A-grade, Giant Spider corpse. Your place doesn't seem big enough; it won't fit this corpse."
After calmly saying this, Sam directly took out the Giant Spider's head from her system backpack and placed it on the ground.