Chapter Seventy-Seven. Temptation and affection are two-pronged, futile and fruitless
"Do you like money?"
This is not an easy question to answer.
Throughout history, the concept of money has been changing, and people at different stages of change have had answers to this question that are limited to their time.
For example, the physical money phase of bartering. Most of the human beings at this stage are in a primitive society, because there is no unified culture, unified weights and measures, but they have the same physiological needs. So tribe to tribe is probably bartering for my stone tools for your prey. People at this stage cannot understand the concept of money, and naturally, they cannot like money and cannot like money, because money does not exist at all.
On this basis, with the development of the productive forces, the barter method of exchange greatly limited the overall progress of society, and the wise ancestors summarized some equivalent goods, such as shells, cloth, clothing, livestock, and so on. It was only from this time that the original concept of money really emerged, and its contractual nature was revealed. Do you like shells? Do you like cloth? Do you like clothes? Do you like livestock? Of course you will like it, and not only will you like it, but you will also be greedy for wanting more and more. After all, in addition to equivalent exchange, these items themselves have real practical value for life and survival.
With the growth of the tribe and the expansion of the range of human activities, the communication between humans gradually increased. The wise ancestors found that bartering was no longer enough to meet their daily needs. Because there are natural defects in grain, livestock, shells, etc., either there are too many of them, or they are not easy to preserve, what should we do? Mankind began to look for rare items as equivalent exchanges, and it was at this time that metal money established its place in history.
Metal money was originally just an ordinary commodity, with value and use value, and it served as an equivalent, a general equivalent, in barter. Because the metal itself is also a commodity containing a certain value, it has natural attributes such as small size and large value, uniform texture, easy to divide, non-perishable, easy to preserve, easy to collect and carry, so it is convenient to perform the function of currency.
It is precisely because of these characteristics that when human civilization emerged as a state, the country that controlled the coinage and economic lifeline came forward to mint a unified currency, which made the transaction more fair, and the metal obtained the exclusive right to act as a general equivalent in a fixed manner. At this stage, if someone asks you if you like money, most people will definitely answer yes, but there are also high-spirited people who disdain gold and silver, and they don't even want to mention the word money.
As the economy progressed, metal coins also showed inconvenience in their use, requiring large quantities of metal coins to be used in large transactions, and their weight and volume were annoying. According to incomplete statistics, since the use of gold as currency, more than 20,000 tons of gold have been worn out in the mint, or in people's hands, money bags and clothing pockets, so paper money as a symbol of metal money appeared.
As a value symbol issued and circulated by the state, paper money is different from metal money, it does not have commodity value, and its circulation and payment functions are completely dependent on the credit of the state. The large-scale use of paper money marks that human beings have no hesitation to devote themselves to the era of capital, and everything looks at money has become a wise saying, and everyone loves money as if it is a matter of course. However, in such an environment, due to some historical reasons, there was a short period of time when a large number of people could not like money and did not dare to like money, which was very incredible. Later, the development of digital information technology, electronic money as a substitute for paper money was born, paper money gradually withdrew from the trading market, more convenient transaction methods let money melt into every step of life, people and money can no longer be separated, naturally there will be no question of whether you like money.
If it weren't for the sudden plague that destroyed the social order of the time, it is difficult to imagine what kind of relationship people and money would have.
Lucky or unlucky, the plague came, the deep blue came, the citizen credit system was established, and the labor wealth system was also born.
The greater the contribution to society, the higher the credit value, and the higher the credit value, the greater the authority to use social resources.
The more legal work you have, the more you will be rewarded, and the more wealth you have, the more social resources you can buy.
With the combined effect of these two mechanisms, money no longer has the decisive power, and capital cannot divide into classes.
For example, the ornaments of the sea of stars decorated with a virtual moon are worth 700 labor wealth and must have a credit score of more than 800 to buy, while Li Weiji has 9756423 bit of labor wealth and a credit of only 799, so it is impossible for him to buy the sea of stars in his life. In the same way, 500 credit points have the right to buy, but the dark blue close-up high-imitation Picasso starry sky oil paintings worth tens of millions of labor wealth are also beyond his reach.
Don't get me wrong, this system is not meant to restrict people from buying their favorite items. In fact, under the deployment of dark blue, the social resources that the people like to see are in a very reasonable purchase range.
With abundant material supplies and convenient means of access, people's concept of wealth is becoming weaker and weaker, so few people in this era will say that they like money, because it is not so important. But Li Weiji still threw the question of do you like money in front of the incompetent fury, and he concluded that the incompetent fury would definitely answer yes. If she doesn't like it, why has she been desperately accepting commissions from major guilds in the past five years?
The fluffy Charles put down her teeth-picking paws, and she generously admitted, "Yes." At the same time, he calmly asked: "So the more difficult the copy, the higher the charge, which is reasonable, what do you say?" β
Li Weiji did not deny it, he stepped away from Asura's small feet and walked towards impotent rage, and said, "This is nature. Effort and reward should always be reciprocal. However, have you ever thought about making money in a different way? β
The horned feline patted his black and white striped thighs and said with a smile: "Of course I thought about it, but other ways are not as fast as helping people clear the game." β
The money comes quickly.
The focus is on fast words.
What does she want so much quick money for?
Li Weiji's thoughts were racing, only two steps away from the impotent rage, Charles Er's paws exposed outside his shoes were shining coldly, and the scene of cat and mouse was flashing in his rich mind, and his heart was slightly uncomfortable.
"I know there's a way to get money quickly."
Impotent and furious, the pupils dilated and rounded, and turned back into a thin line in an instant, she ignored and said: "Help Boss Xu clear the customs first, Boss Xu owes me a favor, and Boss Xu will give me more opportunities to make money in the future, you want to say that, right?" I'm telling you, no one in this world is reliable, I don't believe it. β
"Nope." Li Weiji sat at the feet of the impotent rage, and the short Asura: "On the contrary, I want you to owe the boss a favor." β
Charles' long fangs reached Asura, and she couldn't believe her ears, and laughed, "Is it time for you to take your medicine?" I, why should I owe him a favor? β
Li Weiji stretched out his thick and rough hand and touched Charles's fangs, and said calmly: "Because he will help you earn a lot of money." β
Hearing the word money, her impotent and angry squinted eyes opened again, and she pretended to be careless and said: "Little sixth brother, it's okay to deceive yourself with this kind of deceiving children." β
Li Weiji was extremely happy, and saying that she was incompetent and furious proved that she had begun to think about things according to his logic, and her psychological defense line had been loosened.
Striking while the iron was hot, Li Weiji yawned and deliberately said vaguely: "Xu's set has a new investment project. β
"What does it have to do with me?"
"Originally, this matter had nothing to do with you, but Boss Xu once promised that if I could help him clear the copy, he would give me 0.1 of the annual income of the project as a dividend. But I failed, and I got nothing. β
"So what?"
"So, he obviously needs your help but doesn't tell you about the dividends, guess why?"
"Why?"
"Because of this." Li Weiji slowly spread out his palms, and the yin and yin fishes flowed endlessly.
Impotent and furious squinted again, Zigui told her that Yin Yin Pisces was the key to clearing the dungeon, and asked her to study the relationship between the two, but this was indeed the first time she had seen Yin Yin Pisces with her own eyes.
The black and white pattern swirled in Asura's palm, and an indescribable sense of tranquility surged into her impotent rage, Charles's wide mouth tightened, her breathing became even and orderly, and the whole person instantly fell silent.
Li Weiji didn't notice the change in his incompetent fury at all, he was too focused on making up lies, and said very slowly: "Because Yin and Yin Pisces are in my hands, his dividends can only be given to me." But I failed, and I was unwilling to let in a huge amount of money. I took the initiative to persuade you that as long as you agree not to add money and help us clear the customs, I can get the dividends again. I'll pass on half of it to ......"
"I want it all." Charles' claws clenched into fists.
Li Weiji's heart became more and more proud, the incompetent rage had completely embarked on the track he had envisioned, he closed his eyes and shook his head and smiled: "You listen to me first, I didn't say that I would transfer half of it to you." β
Mu Char nudged Asula and shouted, "If you have something to say, let it go." You're challenging my patience, and the beautiful image of you in my memory is moving closer to the caveman. β
The big cat has a lot of strength, and easily pushes the little mouse backwards, and it happens that he stumbles on the foot of the experimental table, and he rubs his head and jumps up, shouting: "It's been five years, can't you start lightly?"
Impotent fury was slightly stunned.
After clearing the Dragon and Tiger dungeon, the delicate black ice dagger was held in his hand and played, and the man lying on the ground sent out a distress signal, and rescued him with joy, and was about to leave the dungeon, but he said that there were easter eggs under the easter eggs.
Suspiciously, he followed the man to the corpse of the dragon and tiger boss, he opened the dragon's mouth and posed for invitation, and he really walked in without knowing what evil he had fallen.
In the dark world, he holds the torch and is the only light.
The muscles, bones, flesh and fat are cast into a labyrinth that turns back and forth, the hard and white bones support the framework of the entire labyrinth, the trembling red muscles fill it like a piece of masonry, the soft milky white fat is like a cement to build the masonry tightly, and the entangled purple fascia is like a savage vine that unscrupulously attaches to the masonry and blurs the human eye.
The unprovoked terror hit the brain, the heart was drumming, and the abdomen was slightly sore.
Damn perverted designer, why would you design such a scene, it's an oriental fantasy background turn game but you want to hide the maze map of Cthulhu elements.
Damn man, why did he find this easter egg.
Damn, why listen to him and enter this hellish place.
Looking sideways, the man beside him who had no combat power at all looked focused, he didn't pay attention to these terrifying elements at all, what flesh and mucus, what fat membrane muscles and bones, it seemed to him to be just ordinary stones.
He's weird.
Obviously just an ordinary player, but the quality of the game is frighteningly high, much better than some super players, but why has his name never been circulated in the industry?
When he was confused, he heard himself say: "It should be faster to go to the right." With that, he walked straight to the right, completely oblivious to the presence of anyone around him.
In desperation, he had no choice but to follow him, the slippery muscular path was extremely inconvenient to walk, but he walked steadily against the sticky wall, and after a little hesitation, he still endured the nausea and put his hand on the bleeding wall.
However, is it of special significance for him to grab his waist after walking a few steps, should you learn from his practice?
After thinking about it again and again, he finally synchronized with him, took three steps and grabbed his waist once, but it didn't play a special role.
He finally noticed someone behind him, and he turned back frequently, as if he was worried about his companion.
"Are you afraid of wet hands too?" He spoke suddenly.
"What?"
"Are you afraid of wet hands too? I see that you always wipe your hands with your clothes, and I think you are afraid of wet hands too. β
So, did he just scratch his waist to wipe his hands?
Smiled awkwardly and ignored him again.
This maze is really big, he has been walking for almost four hours, and the surrounding environment has not changed at all, does he not know how to walk the maze at all?
He still walked forward with confidence, looking back from time to time with an encouraging look, without the slightest impatience.
After walking for another half hour, he stopped: "The treasure field has arrived." β
The so-called treasure place is the dragon's stomach, and the undigested gold coins in the stomach are piled up into a small mountain, which makes people's eyes look full of love.
"Acid reflux, this section of the road is very corrosive, and you have to go through it very quickly," he said. β
He added: "It's good that it's downhill, but luckily there are two of us." β
Lying flat on the arched slope, he said firmly, "Push." β
Seeing him rolling away, the mountain of gold coins was smashed to pieces.
He rubbed his head and said, "Can't you just do it?" β
Impotent rage repeats the dialogue of five years ago: "It's you who don't roll mellow enough."
Li Weiji immediately answered: "It's your thrust that is unbalanced."
Impotent and furious just wanted to answer, but suddenly remembered something, and immediately shouted: "Damn, don't come with me to recall the killing of the emotional card, I almost fell for your trick." Add money, you have to add money. β
Li Weiji said in frustration: "You saw through it." β
Incompetent and furious, he said proudly: "Carving insect skills." You know that I like money, so you deliberately mentioned dividends, and used ambiguous words to make me mistakenly think that I was about to get half of the dividends, but when I was happy, you said that the dividends had nothing to do with me, obviously to provoke me. Because you also know that I like to push people when I'm angry, so when I push you, you pretend to hit your head and at the same time elicit something you said five years ago. It's a clever trick to lure people into grabbing attention and then resonating with memories, but you've met me. β
"yes, you're a superplayer with incompetent rage. My little wisdom is still a little naΓ―ve in the face of your great wisdom. β
"Dear little sixth brother, it seems that your lobbying has failed. Ma Yu rolled downstairs and told Boss Xu that I would not take this job. β
Li Weiji sighed and said: "Actually, I'm quite curious, obviously you know that Boss Xu will send me up to lobby you, why don't you block me, but give me a chance to speak?" β
"I haven't seen you for many years, but it's good to listen to the voice of the old man."
"That's all?"
"That's all."
"Then you can talk to me about idle days." Li Weiji said cheekily, "Let's talk for a while, it seems that I have done my best, and Boss Xu will give me some remuneration more or less." β
Impotent Fury stroked his mane with his paws, and reluctantly replied: "Give you a face, and I'll quit the dungeon after chatting." β
"After all these years, I didn't expect you to remember me."
"You're one of the few teammates who are smart and assertive and don't cause me trouble, I remember that you should be, but you used this memory to lobby me, and I'm afraid I won't remember you anymore after the conversation."
Li Weiji nodded thoughtfully: "It's my lard that covers my heart and dirties your beautiful memory." If I can choose again, I will definitely refuse Boss Xu's request, what bullshit dividends, go to the horse. β
Impotent rage asked rhetorically: "Dividends are real?" I thought it was a lie. β
"I made it up." Li Weiji glanced at the various experimental equipment on the second floor of the Hydropower Development Group and said casually, "I just entered this copy randomly, and I didn't know Boss Xu at all before, so there is no entanglement of interests between us." After entering this dungeon, I passed all the way, I thought that everything was under control, but I didn't expect that the opponent had already calculated everything, and I completely fell into the trap set by him, and finally lost all the equipment when the level was zero. β
"I heard Boss Xu talk about this, he is very optimistic about your team, thinking that you will get a side reward, so he secretly helped you many times. It's just that I didn't expect him to be you, and you would miss. β
"I'm not a super player, so it's completely normal to miss a shot."
"Super gamers often miss, but they often don't want to lose, they will find ways to save the game, and their dedication to winning has made their reputation."
"So are you?"
Impotence shook his head angrily: "No matter how persistent others are, it can't compare to my innate talent, not to mention that I learn relevant knowledge day and night. When it comes to summarizing and analyzing game data, I'm the number one in the world. β
Absolute self-confidence, Li Weiji didn't dare to question it, he could only follow this self-confidence and ask in the form of a pleading: "In that case, can you tell me a little bit of your analysis of this copy plane, so that I can have a direction to struggle." β
"Give money. My analysis is never in vain. β
Faced with a serious answer to the impotent rage, Li Weiji pursed his lips and was speechless.
Impotent Fury saw his predicament and laughed, "You pursed your lips the same way you did five years ago." Big boys. I haven't been in this copy for long, I haven't collected much data, and combined with the information I've gotten from other sources, I can only tell you three things. β
"Please."
Impotent rage is more than the index finger, and the cat's claw nails are crooked.
"First, this quest is full of competition, with several major forces balancing each other. The conflict between the Peacemaker and the Inquisition is highlighted, and the Inquisitor often makes shady deals with other races in order to deal with the Peacemaker, and the Basilisk, Huck Frog, and Skerats may all be their trade partners. If you want to win, I personally recommend that you try to unite with other races to weaken the potential power of the Inquisition. β
"Second." Impotent Fury raised his ring finger, "If Boss Xu didn't lie to me, then there are two special items in this dungeon that can change the direction of mission events." One of them is the Lingbao Handbook that your opponent has obtained, which is written by an NPC named Lingbao according to the story setting, and contains the combat strategies for the major blocks of the measurement field, as long as the player follows these strategic layouts, they can often kill their opponents. β
Li Weiji heard that something was wrong, and he interrupted: "The player's actions are random and unpredictable, why does a rigid strategy have such terrifying power?" β
"What if the stratagem is alive?" Impotent rage shook the huge lion's head, "The contents of the manual will change depending on the status of all dungeon players. β
Li Weiji understood.
At this moment, he realized that what he had been setting up for him was not exactly the frost, but the frost after some dark blue bonuses.
"Don't be secretly happy." The voice of impotent rage became serious, "I know you must be thinking in your heart: it turns out that I just lost to Deep Blue. But I'm going to tell you, there are still countless super players in this game who have beaten Deep Blue, albeit a tiny, tiny Deep Blue. I hope you will face up to this failure, regain your faith, and become the sixty-four I have seen. β
Li Weiji nodded violently.
Impotent fury said again: "The second prop that can change the direction of events is the Yin Yin Pisces in your palm. However, before this, I had never heard of its existence, and I even thought that Boss Xu made it up to deceive me. I don't know anything about it. Privately, you are its owner, and you can find its true use. After speaking, she popped out her middle finger and grinned and said, "Third." As a ranger, it's a shame that you don't even have a pet. β
Li Weiji said happily: "Where can I get pets in the measurement field?" β
Impotent rage spread out the cat's paws to reveal the pink meat pad: "I'll tell you if I give you money." β
Li Weiji took out all his net worth with his palms together, and fifty gold coins were placed on the ground, shining with gold.
"Poor ghost." Impotent and furious waved his hand and took the gold coins away, "Fifty gold coins are not enough for even a meal. Otherwise, you can mess with me and make sure you have a full gold warehouse. β
"I just want to be a farmer."
"Yo, it's been five years, and this dream hasn't changed?"
Li Weiji licked his lips and said, "Otherwise, I would have been rich a long time ago." Let's not talk about these things, let's talk about pets. β
Impotent Fury put away his three fingers and said, "There is a nest of crows in the big tree near the teleportation point in the Secret Swamp. β
Li Weiji was about to thank him, but he heard the incompetent and angry saying: "After saying three things, I will leave to help you have good luck." β
Without waiting to stop him, the impotent rage disappeared from view.
Zigui sent a private message: "Failed? β
Li Weiji: "How do you know?" β
Zigui: "She returned the 100,000 gold coins in the countdown." β
Li Weiji: "I'm sorry. β
Zigui: "Smiling face." This has nothing to do with you at all, I insisted on you going upstairs, and it's my fault. β
Li Weiji didn't reply anymore, he sighed heavily and turned around to go downstairs, but he was incompetent and angry but sent a private message: "Group me." β
Li Weiji, who didn't know why, invited her to join the team, and the white light flashed, and the lion-headed big cat appeared beside him.
"Why are you back?"
Incompetent and furiously scratched his ears and laughed: "Earn dividends." β