Chapter Eighty-Nine: Fu Lou and the Professor
γPlayer Identity Verification......
[Verified to pass, player number 07958 is the holder of the invitation letter, and the copy is being linked to the player......]
[Quest Link Complete - The current quest is an auction (Special)]
"There is no background in this round, and it does not count towards the number of rounds of the game."
[Objective: None]
[Mode: Multiplayer]
[Time Flow Rate: 2] (1 hour in the real world is equal to 4 hours in the game, after 1 hour, the player is forced to return to the real world)
As a friendly reminder, the game will officially start in five seconds, so please be prepared.
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Zhang Heng opened his eyes and found himself standing on a luxury cruise ship, wearing a black tuxedo that was cut to fit well, while a badge hung on his chest with his player number and registration points on it.
Zhang Heng glanced at the starfish on his wrist, the current time is 22:00, which means that the auction will end at 23:00, he doesn't have to worry about whether the time bug on his body will cause any more accidents.
Unlike the previous rounds of the game, this time there was no danger in the dungeon, so Zhang Heng's mind was also very relaxed, he looked around and found that the situation was similar to when he was in the game, he could see the players around him, but he couldn't remember their appearance.
The game organizing committee has always done a good job of protecting privacy, but it seems to show that the relationship between players is not always harmonious.
"First time at an auction?" A voice sounded in Zhang Heng's ears, he turned his head and saw a short man behind him.
The latter handed over a business card, but Ding Si on it was obviously a pseudonym.
The short man shrugged his shoulders, "No way, the world has not been peaceful lately, and there are always some crazy people who don't follow the rules, so everyone can only be careful." β
"What do you mean?"
"You should be a new player." The short man said, "There was a good atmosphere between players for a while, and the metropolises of the same city left each other's contact information, after all, it is not easy to survive every round of the game, and everyone is willing to help each other, but then some crazy guys use this information to hunt other players, which makes people panic, so everyone is now paying special attention to private information, as far as I know, the number of people in this auction at the end of the year is much less than before." β
"Hunting?" Zhang Heng saw the title of the contact person of the Fulou Chamber of Commerce in North China under the business card.
"Yes, there are always people who want to get something for nothing, I don't know which guy found out first, killing other players can not only snatch the game props from the other party, but also inherit the other party's game points, and then the situation becomes more and more severe day by day."
"Does the organizing committee care?"
"In principle, as long as you don't leak the game to others, the organizing committee will not intervene in disputes between players, and it seems that they also have headaches on their side......" Ding Si's last half of the sentence was a little vague, he obviously didn't want to continue the topic, and changed, "You should also be preparing to buy some props to equip yourself when you come to the auction, if you don't have enough points on hand, you can consider us." β
"What, does the Chamber of Commerce still sell points?"
"You are really a newcomer," Ding Sidao, "not only our Fulou, many chambers of commerce will provide similar business, you can buy points directly from us, but I don't recommend you to do this, because the auction is now very high, it takes 42,000 yuan to exchange 1 point, and it only costs about 37,000 in normal times, so the better way is to mortgage the props on your body to us, and we will release the money immediately after evaluating the value." β
"Thank you, I'll consider it if there's a need." Zhang Heng put away the business card and said politely.
Ding Si obviously knows how to do business, and he is not in a hurry when he hears this, so he smiled, "There is still about an hour and a half before the auction officially starts, you can take a stroll around, there are many interesting places on this ship, there are casinos, cinemas, and game rooms on the first floor, there are performances and self-help on the second floor, and there are exchanges of major guilds on the third floor, so you can also go and see if you are interested." β
Zhang Heng thanked him, this was the first time he had entered the circle composed of players. According to Ding Si, in order to avoid risks, the identities of the vast majority of players in the real world are kept secret, so it is probably possible to meet so many people only in similar large-scale events organized by the organizing committee. Therefore, in addition to buying and selling game items, everyone will also take advantage of this party to do something else.
For example, Ding Si's Fulou Chamber of Commerce is a chamber of commerce that specializes in serving players, and the exchange and lending of game points are only part of their business, in addition to undertaking the consignment of props and the customization of special items, especially the latter price will be two to three percent cheaper than the game point, and they will obviously use this auction to improve their publicity.
Of course, among them, Zhang Heng was most interested in the exchange meeting on the third floor, but he was not in a hurry, after saying goodbye to Ding Si, he first walked around the deck, and received a few business cards, all of which are similar to player-oriented commercial organizations, the scope of business is slightly different, and the price is also uneven, but there is one point, it is cheaper than the game point, of course, there will be a certain risk in security, compared to Fulou, it is more reliable, the latter has been established for a long time, and its reputation among players is also good.
Zhang Heng put all the business cards he received into his pocket, and then took the elevator to the third floor, which is obviously the most lively place on the entire cruise ship.
When he pushed the door in, there was a person on the stage explaining how to maximize the acquisition of game points, Zhang Heng found a place in the back row and sat down, and listened for a while, but I don't know if it was his illusion, I felt that whenever I wanted to talk about the key point, the other party would avoid the important and lightly diverge.
A middle-aged uncle next to Zhang Heng shook his head, "It's all useless nonsense, the way to obtain game points is the core secret of every guild, and no one will disclose it, to put it bluntly, it's just this way to pull people here." He held out his hand as he spoke, "Professor." β
Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows.
"Don't get me wrong, it's just my code name, after all, it's still too rude to call the number directly, and the people who come here will either take a fake name or give a code name."
"Simon." Zhang Heng stretched out his hand.
"Welcome to the game, Simon." The professor's handshake was succinct and forceful, "Why didn't you see your teammates?" β
"Teammates?"
The expression on the professor's face was a little strange, "You should be a newcomer, isn't it very clear on the game invitation you received at the beginning, each round of dungeons is highly unpredictable, and it is recommended that players team up to play the game." β