Translator: Larbre Studio
Editor: Larbre Studio
“Pick up the plank.”
“Take the compass.”
After the commotion, the entrance of the village regained its previous lively scene.
It was dark, and the ranks of many players were close to level 10, so it was time to collect items to build ships, to leave this island for novices and set out for a more advanced island.
Torches were lit at the entrance to the village, and reflected by the golden fire, the number of players increased significantly, which made the village even more lively than during the daytime.
All the good places were occupied. Chen Bing randomly found a place where there was still the light of a fire, and took out a compass. Five pieces of mutated ironwood, five ordinary boards, and some fresh water, which could be regarded as a good start.
Chen Bing, of course, had more than that. He cut down a total of 14 mutated trees and got 70 mutated ironwood boards. After deducting the 10 pieces that were burned during the task, he still had as many as 60 pieces left.
To build a wooden boat, one must use good boards in key parts, which needed 5 boards. Chen Bing took out 5 pieces, a complete set for sale.
There were many people who came to buy things at the entrance, but there were few people who came to sell, so there was no need for Chen Bing to shout. He arranged things, and several players gathered around him immediately.
These players just came to see what Chen Bing was selling, but when they looked down, they were surprised.
It’s hard to get the compass now.
I don’t know which goddamn guy killed a lot of wolves on the beach and took away a lot of compasses. Now some big guild forces are trying to find the compasses.
And mutated ironwood?
Damn it!
All these things they had never heard of!
Whether it was a compass or a mutated ironwood board, they all wanted it!
However, they were well aware that the competition was so fierce that it was very difficult for them to pay the starting price to buy what Chen Bing had.
In the end, it must be the highest bidder who could get these items, and they were not in a hurry to bid, but quickly informed their own chiefs to come over.
A group of people gathered around immediately.
There were not only regional leaders of some guild groups, but also ordinary players who wanted to buy a compass.
In the blink of an eye, the area around Chen Bing’s stall became the busiest place in the village.
Compass! Mutated ironwood plank! Fresh water!
They were what these players wanted.
Some people wanted to talk with Chen Bing about the price in private, but Chen Bing refused to accept their requests.
They then understood that Chen Bing wanted to have an open bid at the venue and let the highest bidder get it. After a little meditation, some players said to Chen Bing, “Brother, how about trading by Huaxia currency? Compass, five pieces of mutated ironwood, plus five portions of fresh water, 20,000 Huaxia dollars!”
“Intermediary payment?”
Chen Bing felt interested.
“Yes, I have a payment note of the Prodigal Intermediary.” The player nodded and showed Chen Bing an object.
“Article: Prodigal Intermediary Digital Note”
“Type: Digital Note”
“Maker: Prodigal Intermediary”
“Can I take it to Homeland?: Yes”
“Purpose: Notes that can only be used to enter numbers. It cannot be modified after the first input.”
“Description: The “Prodigal Intermediary” is a special payment note made by the guild “In the Distance.” Only full members of the guild “In the Distance” can enter numbers. The Maximum trading limit of this note is 50,000 Huaxia dollars. The holder can use this note to contact the “Prodigal Intermediary” to exchange the corresponding Huaxia currency.”
“Remark: This note is a restricted grade special item. You can only bring one piece into the game from home. When carrying this note, the player will no longer be able to bring any other equipment, props, or potions into the game.”
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Homeland games did not support real currency transactions, and in some games with poor currencies, high-priced transactions were once very inconvenient.
But the players’ wisdom was infinite, and they soon thought about intermediary transactions.
The initial intermediary transaction required the person acting as an intermediary to appear in the game in person to guarantee the transaction in person.
But this was still very inconvenient, and later, as the player’s homeland buildings continued to upgrade, many novel items could be made, and special payment notes similar to checks were made.
After the payment notes came out, the intermediary payments became very rampant, and then restrictions were made by the game system.
After fierce market competition, the Huaxia market had been basically monopolized by “Prodigal Intermediary”, “Cloud Intermediary” and “Angel Intermediary.”
The three intermediaries had strong financial resources and rarely had credit disputes, and many major associations had cooperated with the three intermediaries to make special payment notes.
When entering a new game, many guilds would bring some payment notes for a rainy day.
“Brother, I’ll give you 25,000! I also have a payment note from Angel Intermediary, so don’t worry about not getting the money!”
However, right after the player took out the payment note of the Prodigal Intermediary, there was another player who took out the payment note of the Angel Intermediary.
“I’ll give you 30,000 dollars!”
“35,000!”
“40,000!”
Fearing that items would be taken away by other guilds, the heads of various guilds around them offered higher prices to compete one after another.
Damn it, it’s 40,000 in the blink of an eye. These guys are so rich!
Although there were few compasses, this thing could only be used in the Evolution Island game. When the Evolution Island game was over, this thing would disappear.
Chen Bing did not expect that these people would pay such a high price. In his opinion, the price of 20,000 for a compass plus five pieces of mutated ironwood was very high.
With 20,000, he could buy a lot of things in reality, not to mention that a compass and a few boards would soon be useless in the game.
But now it seemed that he still didn’t know about the real value of the items in the game, and the price became twice as much as he expected in the blink of an eye.
“I, from the Black Knight Guild, will give you 50,000 dollars,” a young man from the Black Knight Guild suddenly exclaimed.
50,000, which was already the upper limit for the payment of general notes.
And no matter how big the guild was, it was impossible for everyone to send a payment note as soon as they entered the game.
Although the payment could be overlaid with more notes, several other guilds around them stopped bidding after the Black Knight Guild offered 50,000.
The Evolution Island game had appeared many times, and most items already had an almost fixed price.
In many cases, the price of the compass was about ten thousand.
Now, even with the mutated ironwood boards that were so rare, the price of 50,000 was far higher than usual.
The Black Knight Guild…wasn’t this the guild he had abused in the Wizards World: Basic?
Later, the guild tried to mess with him in the game, and he killed them several times.
However, business was still business, so it would be foolish not to sell it at such a high price.
“Deal!”
Seeing that there was no other bid, Chen Bing immediately made a deal with the young man from the Black Knight Guild.
Young Black Knight player traded with a “Cloud Intermediary” transaction note, worth 50,000 Huaxia dollars.
In the blink of an eye, with 50,000 Huaxia dollars in hand, Chen Bing exclaimed in his heart again that there were so many nouveau riche in the game!
“That’s crazy to buy some compass for 50,000!”
There were many ordinary players around, watching the hustle and bustle. They couldn’t believe that the Black Knight Guild bought a compass and several boards and fresh water with 50,000 dollars.
“He’s not crazy. Assuming that there are 100 people in that guild on this island, this compass will be able to take 100 people safely to the next island. If it is shared equally, it will only cost 500 yuan per person. If there are more people, the money each person needs to pay will be even less. These days, it’s only a few hundred yuan. It’s nothing!”
Immediately someone sneered.
This was indeed the case.
This was also the advantage of a guild; for individual players, even if they wanted to buy a compass, even if they could afford it, they would not waste the money, but the guild would buy it collectively; even if the price was very expensive, it was still worth it.
“Dismiss. Dismiss”
When they saw that his items had all sold out, the players around were ready to leave.
However, Chen Bing moved his hand and took out a compass and five pieces of mutated ironwood, as well as five portions of fresh water, and placed them on the ground.
“How can you still have some…?”
The player of the Black Knight Guild, after buying items with 50,000, was ready to leave proudly, but when he saw Chen Bing take out another set, he stopped and his face became a little distorted and he felt that he was trapped.
“Nonsense, I have much more, so I can sell these! Since the price is so high, there’s nothing wrong with me selling the rest for money!”
Chen Bing glanced at the Black Knight guild player and spoke plausibly.
“That is it, brother, sell me this set, and I will make an offer of 40,000 just like last time!” a guild player who had bid before said with a smile.
40,000 was not low, but it was 10,000 lower than that of the guy from Black Knight Guild. Chen Bing felt that he had earned much more than 10,000, so he was in a good mood.