In the evening, the closed beta players, who had been busy for the whole day, settled their subjects in the subjects management office and paid the rent. Then, they returned to the player base with their arms around their shoulders.
"Old Wang, how was your harvest today?”
"Not bad. There was a male subject who broke his arm and was sold by me.”
"Speaking of which, compared to us who work, Crazy Li is still the best. He kills thousands of times every day and spawns more than 10,000 subjects. Even the Great Desolate Kingdom has specially assigned him a subject collector. Now, his net worth is probably more than ours combined.”A player said enviously.
A player beside him suddenly burst out laughing.
"Pfft…Old Wang, do you really not know or are you pretending not to know?”
"What happened?"
"At that time, Madman Li did what you said, but the Great Desolate Empire is not a fool. They all know that after a player dies, their subjects will immediately disappear. How could they let the player use the resurrection mechanism to farm money indefinitely?”
"I remember one of the recycling rules on the wall of the recycling station: After the subject was sold, the player was guaranteed to live for at least three days. If they died within three days, no matter how they died, they would have to pay double the price of the Great Desolate Empire.”
"At that time, after Crazy Li sold more than 10,000 subjects, the subject recycling officer turned around and gave him a fine. The amount of the fine made people's legs tremble.”
"So…Madman Li isn't making money by being a target every day, but paying off his debt?”
"Otherwise, even if the pain is reduced to the minimum, the taste of death is not very good. Only a fool who has no debt will suffer that pain.”
"F * ck, isn't this Great Desolate Kingdom scamming people? Why didn't Madman Li remind him when he sold the first batch?”
"Scamming people? He was doing things according to the law. The rules of the people's collection were hanging on the wall. Who asked him not to look at it himself? He deserved to be scammed for trying to take advantage of it. The NPCs of the Great Desolate Kingdom would not kneel down and lick their boots.”
……
As they chatted, they had already reached the entrance of the player base, just in time for dinner.
After picking a few dishes that they liked, they sat down and continued to chat with the people beside them.
"Qi Sheng, you're a professional. Have you found anything new recently?”
"I'm not a professional, but I found one. Don't you feel that the rent of the Subordinate Management Office is getting more and more expensive?”
The moment these words were said, it immediately attracted the response of many players. Only Madman Li, who had returned at some point, sat in a corner and quietly lowered his head.
"Yeah, the rent is getting more and more expensive. It's almost half a day's worth of income.”
"Yes, yes, it's much more expensive than at the beginning.”
"Sigh…what else can we do? Subordinates could not be brought into the chosen ones 'residence. If they were left outside, they might fall sick from the wind and rain. They could only be placed in the Subordinates Management Office.”
" The rules of the Subordinate Management Office are very interesting. The fewer the Subordinate, the cheaper the average rent. The more the Subordinate, the higher the average rent. I speculate that when the number of Subordinate reaches a certain critical point, the income will be equal to the rent, or even insufficient to pay the rent.”
" This should be a subtle reminder mechanism to remind us that we should leave the Great Desolate Kingdom and explore the world. After all, the main purpose of 'Civilization' is to fight for hegemony, not to farm. It's impossible for us to stay in the novice village forever.”Qi Sheng analyzed logically.
In fact, his guess was right. Jiang Chen wouldn't allow the players to summon too many people in the Great Desolate Kingdom.
Not to mention that it would squeeze the living space of the people of the Desolate Country, it would be difficult to manage. If civil strife broke out, it would be difficult to deal with.
Therefore, when the number of players reached a certain number, the rent for each day would be equal to their income for a day of work.
At this moment, the players had two choices:
First, sign a new 'indentiment'
After signing the new contract, the rent of the management office would be greatly reduced.
The restriction was that all the subjects were not allowed to leave the Great Desolate Kingdom's sphere of influence. From then on, the player could only be an honest working emperor or a business player, constantly contributing to the Great Desolate Kingdom and providing for the subjects.
Second, they could leave the Great Desolate Empire and wander the wilderness. They could either return covered in injuries or make some achievements.
If he failed in his adventure, the Great Desolate Kingdom could obtain all kinds of information from him and squeeze him again.
If they made a name for themselves, the Grand Desolate Empire would establish diplomatic relations with them and develop trade to obtain more benefits. At the same time, they would expand the territory until the sphere of influence of the player, making them invisible as the 'wall' of the empire.
If some players were lucky enough to obtain a powerful civilization template or some rare treasure, then sorry, you would have to die accidentally once.
In short, no matter what, Jiang Chen wouldn't lose anything.
It had to be said that players were really useful.
The closed beta players, who hadn't noticed Jiang Chen's evil intentions, were chatting happily. Even Madman Li, who was about to shut himself up, had been dragged over by someone.
Slowly, a smile appeared on Madman Li's face, even though that smile had a bitter taste.
In the real world, they had too many concerns. Even their closest friends and blood-related parents could not reveal their true feelings to them for various reasons.
The game world was different. In here, they didn't know each other, so they didn't have to worry about anything.
Whether it was noble or despicable, everyone could be themselves unscrupulously and relax for a while.
Just as they were chatting happily, a pinned mission suddenly appeared on the electronic display screen beside them. At the same time, the entire player base rang with a clear bell, informing the players that a new mission had arrived.
This was the way the Great Desolate Kingdom issued missions. Not communicating directly with the players could avoid many unnecessary conflicts and prevent some shameless players from bargaining.
The ringtone attracted the attention of the 14 players. They looked at the big screen and saw that it clearly wrote:
[Mission: Sell Universal WeChat]
[Location: One Piece World]
[Mission Description: The Chosen One will enter the world of One Piece on a private plane. After arriving at the location, he will start selling universal Wechat. Later, he can use his exclusive Wechat to report the capture.]
[Mission Reward: For every 500 WeChat sold, 1 unit of gold will be rewarded. No upper limit.]
[Quest quota: Unlimited]
Registration time: Tonight only
[Special reminder: All the earnings from the sale of universal WeChat will belong to the Empire. Those who embezzled will become a first-class wanted criminal of the Empire and will never be pardoned.]
After reading the mission message, all the players exploded.
"F * ck, am I seeing things? The Pirate World?"
"I didn't expect the Great Desolate Kingdom to be so awesome. They can even trade with the pirate world. I wonder which connection they have. Is it the Dolomingo, the navy, or the world government?”
"I've fallen in love. I thought the next two months would pass just like that. I didn't expect there to be a surprise.”
"Robin's wife, Nami's wife, I'm here!”
"Momosuke must die!"
"Momosuke must die!"
"This reward is ridiculously high. Watch me, the little prince of the live streaming world, show the natives of the pirate world what marketing is.”
The one who was the most excited was Madman Li, who had a huge debt. At this moment, there was nothing else in his eyes except the mission reward.
"Damn it, I'm definitely going to accept this mission. Even Jesus can't stop me!”
Qi Sheng, what do you think?"
"I don't know why, but I feel like this mission isn't as simple as it seems.”
"Then are you going?"
"Go ahead. The rewards are so high.”
The next day, when the 14 closed beta players boarded a large cargo plane excitedly, they saw Jiang Chen sitting there, looking at them with a smile.
"We meet again, chosen one!"
Players, what if you suddenly don't want to do missions?
Waiting online, quite anxious!
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