In the market of the town of "Get Rich Overnight," Wu Yue sat at her stall, threading a needle. After about an hour, a piece of white-quality soft armor was finished. Wu Yue put it on sale for 80 gold coins, and at the same time, she started working on the next piece.

White-quality soft armor is actually not very practical now, with average stats and low durability. However, due to the easy life in the Get Rich Town, members don't need to worry about life and death. Once their living conditions stabilize, many people only hunt nearby monsters that can be easily killed. This makes them less likely to need high-quality equipment, making white-quality armor more affordable.

So in less than half an hour, the soft armor was sold out, and the white robe made last night was also sold, with a total income of 160 gold coins.

Of these 160 gold coins, about 120 were costs, leaving a profit of less than 40 gold coins. Wu Yue toiled tirelessly for seven or eight hours a day, making four or five pieces of clothing for a profit of around 100 gold coins.

In other territories, this amount wouldn't even be enough to meet resource surrender requirements. But in Get Rich Overnight Town, even if monthly taxes were calculated based on total revenue, regardless of cost and profit, the tax was still far lower than the external material surrender requirements.

Therefore, Wu Yue was able to keep most of her earnings. She still lived in a thatched hut, budgeting 30-40 gold a day for food, buying her three meals at the territory's grocery store. She saved the rest. While her life wasn't rich, it was stable.

Strictly speaking, tailoring is not Wu Yue's specialty.

She now has three skills unlocked, including combat at level 46, gathering at level 37, and tailoring at only level 28.

To be fair, with such attributes, she would definitely earn more money by going out to kill monsters and gather. However, Wu Yue was the kind of ordinary person who was content with the status quo. Compared to making more money, she preferred a stable life. Tailoring skills that did not require her to leave the territory were of course better for her.

Wu Yue still feels a lingering fear when she thinks about the time she had to go out every day to hunt monsters and gather materials in order to survive in other territories. Back then, she had several close calls, the most dangerous of which was when a monster's claws nearly hit her head. Fortunately, a big boss happened to pass by and saved her life.

That boss was a member of the Get Rich Overnight Town, a level 70 or 80 swordsman. Wu Yue's urge to survive, perhaps fueled by quick wit, thanked the boss and asked him about the entry requirements for the "Pure Land." After discovering her abilities weren't great, but not awful either, she resolutely took a gamble, withdrew from the new territory, and applied for Get Rich Overnight, thus beginning a new chapter in her life.

After joining Get Rich Overnight Town, she never went out to kill monsters again! Every morning, she woke up, had breakfast, went shopping for cheap materials, and then made and sold clothes. Her life was simple and leisurely.

If Wu Yue had to set a goal beyond simply relaxing, her biggest hope right now was to quickly reach level 30 in her Tailoring skill. According to the game's settings, at level 30, her success rate for crafting blue-quality clothing would jump from 50% to 90%, with a 1% chance of a purple-quality item dropping directly. Currently, blue-quality clothing is far more popular than white-quality, fetching nearly double the price. So, while blue-quality clothing requires more raw materials and costs more, the profit margin is significantly higher. By then...

Wu Yue thought that by then, she would save money to buy herself a wooden or stone house, and then she would no longer have to eat only three meals a day. Occasionally, she could buy some delicious food at the market to reward herself!

The happiness of ordinary people is so simple!

Not long after, another piece of white soft armor was completed. An archer who knew how to forge happened to pass by, squatted down to take a look, and discussed with Wu Yue: "Hey, I see your combat class is a ranged mage, right? I just dropped a white quality magic wand. I'd like to trade it with you for this soft armor, is that okay?"

Players can get what they need from each other. In addition to buying things with gold coins, bartering is of course a good way.

But Wu Yue smiled apologetically: "Sorry, I don't go out to kill monsters very often, so I don't need it, so I only accept gold coins."

"I see." The archer nodded in understanding, and without further mentioning the wand, he opened his backpack, took out 80 gold coins, and bought the soft armor.

Wu Yue looked at the sky. It was just past noon, but she had already sold 3 pieces of clothing. It seemed that she could achieve her sales target today!

Wu Yue breathed a sigh of relief, put the gold coins into her backpack, and took out the lunch she had bought in advance to eat.

Today's affordable lunch offering in the territory is scrambled eggs with fresh peppers, served with rice, and seaweed soup, all for just 12 gold. While it's only white quality, with virtually no additional properties besides restoring stamina and eliminating hunger, and even the taste is average, it's perfect for a player like Wu Yue, who prefers to stay hidden in the territory.

Moreover, although many old players commented that the low-priced meals in the territory were "average in taste" and usually disdained to eat there, Wu Yue was actually not quite sure what was so average about the taste.

You know, when she was in other territories before, her three meals a day were often steamed buns, rice, pickles or spicy strips, and occasionally buying a red bean paste bun or a simple soup was considered an improvement in her life.

Even so, a meal still costs twenty or thirty gold.

Now—scrambled eggs with fresh peppers? This is a fresh stir-fry! And it comes with soup! The whole thing is only 12 gold coins, what else do you want?

It's no exaggeration to say that Wu Yue now feels grateful for her life every time she eats. She also understands that only a lord who truly wants everyone to live a good life would offer benefits like low-priced meals to ordinary players.

field.

Fang Siyu, Song Feifei, and Zhou He took turns using their skills to kill the sudden attacking snakes. Then the three of them went to pick up the fallen items. Liu Yin, who was in charge of gathering, collected some items within a safe range. Once everyone was done, they all headed to the next target.

Looking at the bright sunshine, Fang Siyu thought with emotion: This is so good!

The four roommates had lived together at the beginning of the apocalypse, but later went their separate ways for various reasons and finally got together again in the town where people got rich overnight.

After reuniting, they started living together, pooling their money to buy a red brick house, and lived together, just like they did in their college dorm. They went out together, went shopping together, ate together, and chatted together at night, and their life was full of joy.

"Let's go eat rice cake hotpot today!" Song Feifei jumped up and down.

Zhou He was stunned: "Where is the rice cake hotpot?"

"There's one in the territory, didn't you see it?" Song Feifei said, "It's in the area with those storefronts, like the third row."

Zhou He thought for a moment: "Isn't that Zhou Qin's hot pot restaurant?"

"Yes, but the boss seems to have recently bought a Nian Gao Hot Pot card for a high price, expanding their business. I saw a sign yesterday announcing a promotion. If you go to Nian Gao Hot Pot in the next two days, you can enter a lottery. The grand prize is purple equipment, and the participation prize is also a free dish!"

"That's great!" Liu Yin's expression lit up.

No one was really confident about their luck, and no one thought they could actually draw purple gear. But sending food was nice, too. Eating and drinking was the most fun!

"Then let's go early to avoid queuing!" Fang Siyu made the decision directly.

Indeed, Zhou Qin's hot pot restaurant is nicknamed "Haidilao of Pure Land". Although there is no shameful birthday service, like Haidilao, there is always a queue during peak hours. If it is not busy, it is best to go early.

The four roommates returned to the territory an hour early. Zhou Qin's hot pot restaurant was just starting to line up. The restaurant was full, but there were only three or four tables waiting. Song Feifei said happily, "That's great, great! We should be able to eat in about half an hour. Not bad!"

"Sister, welcome, you can order first!" As soon as the four of them sat down on the bench in the waiting area at the door of the store, Zhao Xiaoge ran out smartly with the menu.

"Hey?" Song Feifei looked at her curiously as she reached out to take it, and casually teased Zhou Qin who was busy at the front desk, "Why are there still child laborers? Hahahaha."

Zhao Xiaoge was stunned when she heard this, not knowing what to do. She turned to look at Zhou Qin. Zhou Qin smiled and said, "Well, her father is working on the farm with Sun Chen, and he's worried she's unsafe at home, so he asked me to look after her and pay me. I see they're new to the territory and aren't well off, so I said I could let her help pass menus or something, and I wouldn't charge her. That would make both sides happy."

"So that's how it is." Song Feifei smiled knowingly.

In the town of overnight riches, this kind of mutual help out of kindness is not uncommon. When everyone has a good life, they have the energy and leisure to help others. This is probably one of the reasons for the kind atmosphere in the town of overnight riches.

The four of them ordered food while teasing Zhao Xiaoge, asking her which dish was delicious and which cold drink was good. Zhao Xiaoge thought about it seriously and tilted her head: "I think they are all delicious!"

"Hahaha." Fang Siyu touched her forehead, "Then let's order a few today, and then take turns eating other ones later."

Liu Yin, who was standing next to her, rummaged through her backpack and pulled out two lollipops, giving them to her: "Here, thank you for ordering for us!"

"Thank you, sister!" Zhao Xiaoge happily took the lollipop, and after they ordered the food, she ran to find Zhou Qin.

Farmland area.

A few days ago, Sun Chen spent a huge sum of 150,000 gold coins to buy 50 square meters of high-quality farmland, which expanded the scope of his farmland.

Looking at the fields before him, Sun Chen felt like a truly large farmer. Especially since he owned the 50 square meters and Ye Miao only took 10%, his harvest had increased dramatically.

Sun Chen then carefully calculated the cost and hired 15 more people. These 15 people were only responsible for his 50 high-quality farmlands, and did not need to take care of Ye Miao's part of the land or go out to collect. The workload was just enough to keep them busy for a whole day.

Zhao Xiaoge's father, Zhao Yin, was one of them. He worked for Sun Chen for eight hours a day, then went out to kill monsters for three hours, and then spent one hour at the market selling the monster drops. Although working 12 hours a day was tiring, after three days, Zhao Yin found that he had 212 gold coins in his backpack.

200+ gold coins! He had never seen so much money since he joined the Tianju Village. Tianju Village divided members into different levels according to the amount of supplies they handed in. Then, food and equipment were provided according to the level, and members were strictly prohibited from hoarding supplies.

So in order to avoid falling to the bottom of society, their family never had any spare money, but even so, they could only avoid falling to the bottom of the F level, and the food in the E level was still very poor.

After joining Pure Land, he worked for Sun Chen, who provided him with three meals a day at the low-cost price of the territory, much better than what the E-rank members of Tianju Village ate. Sun Chen was also a kind man. Knowing he had a daughter, he often gave him extra food. Zhou Qin, who owned a restaurant, often asked Zhao Xiaoge to pack up some food for him. So now, his backpack not only had some spare cash, but also some extra food.

These things were truly touching to Zhao Yin, who had been wandering the streets just a few days before. He therefore silently vowed to himself: given four more days, he would quickly save enough to repay his eldest brother's 500 gold coins and pay off the 50 gold coins for the thatched cottage. Then, he would continue to work hard to move to a stone or red brick house, so that his daughter could live better.

In the future, he hopes to have more savings and strength, so that if he has the opportunity, he can also help the new members of the territory.

Zhao Yin had long-term visions, and this kind of scenario filled him with hope. But sometimes, even a beautiful scenario would suddenly give rise to a thorn in his heart, making him regret not coming here sooner while his wife was still alive.

If I had known earlier that I could also join the "Pure Land", everything would have been very different. My wife would never have died so helplessly here. The three of them could still live together and have a complete family.

well……

Zhao Yin lamented in his heart, forced himself to put aside these sour thoughts, and continued to plow the fields silently.

In a residential area not far from the farmland, Chu Cheng carefully prepared dinner in the villa kitchen.

Dinner consisted of two dishes and a soup. The gold-quality dish was pan-fried cod, while the other was a purple-quality chicken salad. The accompanying soup was also purple-quality, Russian borscht. Even in the normal world of the past, this would have been considered a rather sophisticated meal.

Chu Cheng's purpose for offering high-end cuisine through an "invitation-based" system was clear. To make it look convincing, he went all out, actually inviting some high-level players in the territory to join him.

This kind of invitation was almost effortless; with the money to spare, no one would refuse a golden dish. Chu Cheng easily acquired over a dozen members. Aside from Ye Miao and his four teammates, he wasn't very familiar with the rest.

After putting more than a dozen dinners into his backpack, Chu Cheng walked out of the room to deliver the takeaway. He first delivered the remaining dozen or so, and finally knocked on the door of the villa next door.

Ye Miao was playing with a Pi Xiu in the bedroom on the second floor. When she heard the noise of the courtyard door outside, she looked out the bedroom window. Seeing that it was Chu Cheng, she quickly ran out.

After opening the gate, the person outside said with a smile: "Hello, please give a five-star rating for your takeaway."

"Thank you!" Ye Miao also smiled, thought for a moment, and then said, "I have something to do. Are you busy?"

"No rush, this is the last one." Chu Cheng was at his ease.

"Come in!" Ye Miao opened the door and Chu Cheng followed her in. The two of them walked into the living room. Ye Miao did not go to the sofa and coffee table with the mentality of facing a guest. Instead, she walked directly to the dining table with her lunch box and sat down at the table.

Chu Cheng smiled inwardly, pulled out a chair and sat across from her. Ye Miao said, "For the development of the territory, I have a somewhat immature idea, and I need the help of all the senior players."

After the words fell, Chu Cheng looked like he was trying to suppress his laughter.

Ye Miao looked at him in surprise: "What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing." Chu Cheng shook his head and pointed outside. "I just want to hear from you, the dignified Lord of Pure Land, which of your territory development plans do you think are immature?"

"..." Ye Miao could tell he was praising her, and felt a little embarrassed. She cleared her throat as she opened her lunch box. "I think there are some misunderstandings in the eyes of outside players now, as if our threshold is particularly high. This misunderstanding is actually not a good thing. For example... if people think you are an ordinary first-tier student with decent grades, they might try to apply, but if they think you are from Tsinghua or Peking University, most students will directly stay away. Of course, the logic of everyone staying away from Tsinghua and Peking University is correct, but we are developing a territory, not building a top university. We need all kinds of players to continue to join, and I have never pursued that all members who join are top players."

Chu Cheng nodded slowly: "I understand. How do you want to recruit people? How about issuing another wave of lottery cards? I think the previous lottery model is very good."

"On the surface, it looked pretty good that time." Ye Miao sighed as he took a bite of cod with a knife and fork. The next second, his eyes suddenly lit up, "This is delicious!"

"That's good." Chu Cheng raised his chin slightly, and Ye Miao brought the subject back: "But there are also disadvantages. For example, some players are still hunted even after joining our territory, which causes a little trouble. For example... the black market resells lottery cards, and the bids are sometimes tens of thousands of gold. This actually deprives small players of opportunities. The players who can come here are already wealthy."

Chu Cheng pondered, "I thought you just didn't deliberately recruit high-level players, but you weren't opposed to it either?"

"I don't object," Ye Miao nodded. "But I still want to do things as fairly as possible. Life is already tough in the apocalypse, and the difficulties faced by small players are several times greater than those faced by high-level players. If the Pure Land is a chance for survival for everyone, I don't want this opportunity to be monopolized by high-level players. And you have to know that there aren't many high-level players like us with clean hands. Many high-level players in other territories rely on exploiting the resources accumulated by small players."

"Indeed." Chu Cheng understood her train of thought and showed a look of enlightenment. After a moment's silence, he continued, "But solving this problem isn't easy. If you loudly announce to the world that our recruitment threshold is very low, a large number of players will inevitably leave their original territories and flock here. In this case, firstly, your 3,000-person limit will most likely not be enough, and many players will be caught in an awkward situation. Secondly, it will be too popular. If I were the kind of territory lord who lost a large number of members because of this, I would regard you as my enemy from then on."

Chu Cheng finished speaking in one breath, and his concerns coincided with Ye Miao's. Ye Miao, who was originally immersed in eating cod, couldn't help but look up at him, feeling an indescribable joy in her heart.

Then she said, "So I'd like to ask all the senior players to take charge while we go to T City and set up an 'admissions office'!"

"...'Admissions Office'?" Chu Cheng was confused by the word.

"Yes." Ye Miao nodded seriously. "Let's set up a stall and clearly state the recruitment requirements for the territory. If other players want to join, they don't have to leave their original territory first. Instead, they can register with us first. That way, we can slowly screen the professions and levels we need when we come back. Once we confirm that they want to join, we can send a message to notify them to leave their original territory."

Chu Cheng understood after hearing this: "...If we let them register their original territories during registration, we can artificially control the number of people coming from each territory to avoid attracting hatred?"

"Right." Ye Miao chuckled. "And this way, we don't have to leave our original territory first, so we won't be caught in a dilemma! We've solved two problems at once! Isn't that amazing?"

"Amazing." Chu Cheng agreed with a smile, thought for a moment, and then asked, "But we need the help of advanced players because...?"

Ye Miao slammed the table and said, "After all, this is poaching, big brother! Even though I'm keeping it relatively low-key, I'm still afraid of getting beaten up!"

"..." Chu Cheng looked at her mischievously, "Battle Skill 100, Healing Skill 100?"

Afraid of being beaten?

"What if it's a group fight?" Ye Miao said seriously, "It's just a matter of recruiting one person, don't make it so bloody. It's more convenient if we have enough people and set up a battle array to scare the opponent away first!"

"That makes sense." Chu Cheng nodded to indicate that he accepted her idea. "I'll join, and I can also call on Yi Hang and the others. If you need more... I have some VIP clients."

Ye Miao had no intention of asking him to call on the VIPs to help him. Seeing that he agreed, he breathed a sigh of relief: "No, no, I just want to confirm whether you will join the group. I can contact the others myself. However, this may take a lot of time, and I may not be able to make up for the financial losses..."

She spoke politely and tactfully, but even she knew in her heart that high-level players wouldn't care about a few days' money.

Because the amount of rewards obtained in the game is directly linked to the speed of killing monsters, the higher the level, the more rewards you get. When killing the same monster, the resources that a high-level player can get may be several times that of a low-level player.

So compared to the small players who are struggling to survive, high-level players often have the leisure to do things that don't make money - such as Chu Cheng's recent invitation-based high-end restaurant. Ye Miao calculated the cost and knew that this is actually a business with extremely low profits. Small players are definitely not willing to do business like this, but Chu Cheng, as a high-level player, can do it.

As Ye Miao expected, she issued a notice explaining the whole story and set the team recruitment level at above level 85. Even though there were no rewards, a group of players immediately came to sign up.

She formed a team of twenty people and created a group chat for everyone. The players who joined the group were more excited than she was: "Admissions Office! This is so interesting! When will it start?"

"It looks like the territory is going to grow even more! Can we hire some new chefs?"

"Boss has so many ideas, he always finds new ways to play! The lucky draw card last time was so interesting, and this time the admissions office feels even more fun!"

Ye Miao sat in front of the screen and watched everyone swiping the screen frantically. Suddenly, he felt like a system NPC, opening up some new modes and new ways of playing for everyone.

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