Chapter 14: Profiteer Brothers
"Fortunately, the patrol mission was completed before 2 o'clock in the morning, so I should be able to upgrade to level 7 tomorrow."
Patrol missions reward a lot of experience and are daily quests, and daily quests are reset at 2 a.m. every day, so if you finish before this time, you can take on another quest tomorrow.
Shi Yi opened his notepad, calculated the experience points he needed to level up, and then wrote down the tasks to be done tomorrow in the best order.
'Knock knock'
The bedroom door rang, and it was Liu Tiantian knocking on the door.
"Come in." Shi Yipan sat on his floor bunk and shouted.
Liu Yitian walked in the door with an excited face, this guy's energy seemed to be very strong at any time, and when he saw Shi Yi's notepad, he couldn't help but praise: "I'm not afraid that a scholar can read, but I'm afraid that a hooligan is educated." Linear programming can be used to do any task, who can withstand this? ”
"How can I catch up with you without putting a little effort into it, and besides, what kind of afterword are you?" Shi Yi closed the notebook and said with a smile.
"That's right, a man like me must be more difficult to chase." Liu Yitian said proudly.
"What did you do when you came to me, did you get something good to show me again?"
"Am I that kind of person? It's not that S-Class quest 'Flame Fall', but now I'm at the second step, so I'm going to talk to you about it. ”
Liu Yitian shared all the information he found with Shi Yi, Shi Yi listened, lowered his head and thought for a while, and replied: "'Death of Fury Flame', in fact, the name of this mission itself reveals a lot of information, combined with the information you have gathered, I think the origin of this Fury Flame Valley is not as simple as it is recorded." ”
"Judging by the meaning of the mission prompt, Garo must know everything that happened back then, but what is the way to get the information we want from her?"
"Garrow was born in the Doragnir family and joined the Wizards' Guild very early, if there is any way to gain her trust, it should be from these two places."
"En......" Liu Yitian touched his chin and tilted his head, as if thinking about something, but after a while, he suddenly burst out, "Makes sense!" Good night! ”
After saying that, Liu Yitian hurriedly ran out, looking at this guy's momentum, if he didn't find out the clues today, he wouldn't be ready to sleep.
Shaking his head with a smile, Shi Yi lay down with his head in his arms, although the suspension system of the omnidirectional free action instrument has greatly reduced the consumption of those difficult actions on the body, but this day's beating and killing still makes people feel that their whole body is sore, and at the same time, the long-term mental consumption also makes people's heads swell, especially after suddenly removing the connector from the head, a buzzing sound has been hovering in the mind and cannot be dispersed.
This made Shi Yi feel like he was back in the operating room, how many days and nights, he held the scalpel firmly with both hands, stood for several hours or even a day and a night, did not eat or drink, and did not dare to relax at all, for fear that a slight mistake in his movements would delay the patient's life.
So many difficult surgeries were handed over to Shi Yi, and he once thought that this was the most correct arrangement, because only he had 100% confidence and ability to complete these tasks. It's just that looking at it now, I'm afraid all this is just a deliberate arrangement by someone with a heart.
"It's ridiculous to think about......"
Shi Yi took a deep breath and slowly closed his empty eyes.
The next day, "Hetu Daily" published the latest news information on time at 8 o'clock in the morning - 1. Two new teams were added to the Angry Flame Valley in the early hours of this morning; 2. S&W Beauty Salon will be officially opened in major cities at noon today; 3. The active level of the whole server is now updated to level 8, and players below this level will receive an additional 15% experience bonus.
When Shi Yi got up for breakfast, he received this information in advance on his mobile phone, and when he saw the second message, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, he guessed a rough idea.
Sun Yu's father is also a well-known entrepreneur in the city, mainly engaged in the home improvement and construction industry, I heard that he is an old classmate with Gao Yao, the chairman of Longcheng Entertainment, and even more than half of the office building of Longcheng Entertainment headquarters is Sun Yu's father is responsible for the construction, there is such a relationship, the smart Sun Yu will naturally use it.
Now that "Hetu" has only been online for ten days, it has quickly become the hottest entertainment in today's society, and investors have predicted that "Hetu" will not just be a game, it may represent a new life.
If Sun Yu doesn't fight for such a business opportunity in front of her, then she is not the strong woman in the shopping mall that Shi Yi knows.
Originally, this was nothing, but when Shi Yi was browsing the news, he was seen by Lulu who came over with breakfast, only to see Lulu snort angrily, and said angrily: "Obviously I am doing medical beauty, but I actually ran to the game and didn't do my job." ”
Shi Yi smiled bitterly, quietly turned off the mobile phone screen and threw it aside, and then obediently ate breakfast without speaking.
"Lulu, are you going out today, I'll send you." After breakfast, Shi Yi wiped his mouth and asked.
Lulu shook her head and replied with a smile: "No need, Brother Eleven, I made an appointment with my girlfriend to go shopping today, and she will pick me up in a while." I'll be back before dinner, but I'll have to settle lunch for the two of you. ”
"Okay, stay safe when you go out." Shi Yi smiled, helped clean up the table, and returned to the room by himself.
"This kid really stayed up until dawn."
Shi Yi, who entered the Hetu Continent, looked at his friend list, which showed that Xiaotian's offline time was 6:40 in the morning, and Shi Yi was still thinking about taking care of his lunch, but now it seems that this guy will not get up until the sun sets.
According to the plan, Shi Yi first went to the Sunset Tavern Adventurer, which is located near the east gate of Windmill City, which belongs to the downtown area of the city. Grocery stores and vegetable markets are set up in this area, so there are a lot of people gathered here early in the morning, most of them are NPCs, but there are also quite a few players, most of whom go to the Sunset Tavern like Shi Yi.
When Yi approached the tavern, he found a large group of people inside in a circle, and in the middle stood two men, one was tall and strong, with his upper body naked, showing strong muscles, and the other was lean and lean, with his eyes a little sunken, and he looked at it without any energy.
If Liu Yitian was in the first place, he would have recognized this seemingly thin man at a glance, and it was the pangolin who had been teaming up with him.
At this time, the mountain rat stood face to face with the strong man in front of him, and a square table was placed in the middle, as if he was preparing for a wrist wrestling competition.
"Here we go! Come on! Hurry up and place bets! Buy and go! Buy and go! ”
On the periphery, the river rat is betting on the game, betting on the strong man on the left and the mountain rat on the right, and the odds are all one to two.
The size of the man is not a measure of strength in the game, and the players who bet on him are not fools, but the strong man's heavy iron boots on his feet can tell that he is a good fighter, and the thin man has a revolver pinned to his waist, so he seems to be a gunner.
You must know that among the six professional roles, only the main attribute of the warrior is strength, and if you compete for wrist strength, it is difficult to imagine that the gunner can have the possibility of winning, but intuition tells Shi Yi that the final result will definitely be beyond most people's expectations.
"Okay, no one bets, right?" The river rat finally confirmed, and seeing that no one stepped forward, he came to the small square table in the circle and served as the referee of the game.
"The game is about to start, get ready!"
The river rat straightened the arms of the two, one thick and one thin, forming a stark contrast.
"Let's go!"
With an order, the two of them exerted their strength at the same time, only to see that the warrior's already strong arm instantly thickened again, and the thick green tendons spread like roots on his strong arm, and then - was knocked down!
"What?"
Everyone was stunned, including the fighter who lost the game.
"Hey, buddy, you're colluding, aren't you? Even if it's collusion, please act like something and be professional, okay? "A bettor couldn't stand it anymore and came up to question.
The strong man was very unhappy when he heard this, and directly grabbed the doubter, and said angrily: "Lao Tzu seems to be the kind of person who is deceived and abducted? Ge Laozi, don't you believe it, you go up and try it! If you can win, Lao Tzu will give you 1000 gold coins! ”
1000 coins! The audience was boiling, because it was really a big number.
"Okay, go up! Don't admit it when the time comes! The warrior couldn't help but feel a little moved, and came to the pangolin with his chest straight, ready to challenge him.
"Wait." The river rat smiled, squinted and said, "Brother, you can get 1,000 gold coins if you win, but what if you lose?" We're not obligated to play more with you. ”
"Hmph, what do you want?" The warrior asked rhetorically.
The river rat smiled: "That's it, if you win, of course we won't say anything, but if you lose, just leave 100 gold coins, how about it?" ”
"I know you're a liar by looking at your thief's face, I'm afraid you'll not succeed?" The more the soldier thought about it, the more he felt that the two gunman brothers in front of him were liars, and he didn't feel that he could lose in the slightest.
Seeing that he agreed, the river rat laughed and said to the surrounding onlookers, "Okay! At the request of this friend at the scene, we will temporarily add a game, and the game will start immediately, I hope you will be a witness! ”
"Up, up, up!"
"Come on, buddy, take those 1,000 gold coins!"
"Down with the unscrupulous liars!"
The surrounding melon-eating crowd was lively now, and they all shouted and cheered for this warrior.
It's a pity that the final result disappointed everyone again, and this warrior was killed in seconds at the same time as the strong man. The poor little soldier wanted to make a big profit, but he finally scraped together enough 100 gold coins to lose to the river rat brothers, and finally ran away in disgrace.
The river rat spread his hands and said loudly: "If there are any friends who want to challenge, we are always welcome!" Well, the rules are the same as the ones just now. ”
Seeing his confident appearance, and the fact that the two fighters had just returned defeated, of course, no one dared to go up to challenge anymore, the onlookers gradually dispersed, and the two brothers saw that there was no business, so they closed the stall. After a rough calculation, in just a while, these two guys earned at least more than five hundred gold coins. This efficiency, if Liu Yitian sees it, he will have to die.
This ending was within Shi Yi's expectations, although he was curious about how the brothers won, but he was not a nosyman, so he just watched the excitement and left the Sunset Tavern after taking the task.
It's just that Shi Yi's indifference was looked at by the river rat, and he turned his head sideways to his younger brother and said: "Have you seen that person, there are really not many people who have seen benefits in recent years, I have written down this guy." ”
The pangolin twisted the arm that had just been forced, and said suspiciously: "You think too much, how does he know that I will definitely win?" ”
"My stupid brother, as the so-called observance of words and looks, you still have a lot to learn." The river rat patted the butt of the mountain rat and smiled slyly, "Let's go, the business here in Windmill City is over, and now it's the next turn." It's not early, so you have to do it again before lunch, or you have to wait until the afternoon. ”
Every daylight is the 'working time' of the two brothers, who need to earn enough gold coins to maintain their real life. It's only at night that they let go of themselves, enjoy the game, and enjoy the adventures with their teammates.
It's just that some new adventurers don't understand why someone can earn real money through virtual games.
It is true that "Hetu" does not support the interoperability between real currency and virtual currency, but if players trade privately with each other, it will be difficult for the official to control it. In order to get pleasure in the game, many wealthy people in reality are naturally willing to exchange real money for virtual game currency or equipment. Conversely, players who don't have that much obsession with the virtual world will be able to sell in-game currency in exchange for real-life subsidies.
As long as it is within a reasonable range, this kind of interoperability actually has a very positive stimulating effect on the operation and development of the game. However, according to most game review sites, most players in Hetu are reluctant to sell their coins, and the reasons can be summarized in two ways.
First, the difficulty of obtaining gold coins is high, and the personal demand is large, taking mages, monks, and gunners as examples, if you want to survive in the Hetu Continent, you must buy medicine and bullets, if you sell the gold coins, then you don't want to go anywhere, it is equivalent to abandoning the pit. As for warriors, thieves, and elves, all the money is spent on equipment, so how can there be any opportunity to accumulate excess funds.
Second, it turns out that everyone has more or less obsessions, especially now that the social pressure is huge, most people are in order to release their pressure to step into the Hetu continent, in a magical journey, in the adventure of fighting side by side with teammates, overcoming thorns and thorns, get spiritual comfort. In this case, why should we still be reluctant for reality in the virtual world, and why can't we be completely presumptuous here?
As of now, the ratio of Hetu gold coins to real money displayed by the SQD player community is 1:7, that is, it costs seven yuan to buy a virtual gold coin in the game. And if you want to buy gold coins, you have to obediently run to the seller by yourself, and remember to be as polite as possible in your tone and expression, otherwise others will not bother to sell it to you.
Looking at it this way, the Gunners brothers' income this day is quite considerable, of course, such a business as gambling is not often done.