Chapter 119

Shu Mo has been a little distressed these past two days.

The nearest homestay area is extremely lively. The new residents are busy with renovations and greeting their neighbors. She can feel the warm and lively atmosphere even when she walks on the tree-lined path.

The homestay business is booming, and the points in the account are increasing. Logically, Shu Mo should feel happy.

But two days ago, she had a sudden idea and rummaged through her backpack, only to find a big problem.

Because he was too lazy to organize his backpack and just threw everything into it at random, as time went by, Shu Mo had less and less idea of ​​what was in his bag.

That day, she found a thin piece of paper from a pile of randomly placed monster materials, hot spring food, and various architectural furniture that had nowhere to be put.

The words "discount coupon" are written on it.

Also included is an expiration date, three days later.

Shu Mo: “…”

ah! ! ! !

What's this familiar feeling of hoarding a coupon for a long time and not wanting to use it, only to find out it's about to expire, so you sit up in shock and start to make frantic plans in a dying state...

Why can I still feel this way even though it’s the end of the world?

Shu Mo was a little crazy.

She had no choice but to get up and open the map.

——Stop playing it safe and start working.

In fact, with the current scale of Nuannuan Hot Spring, coupled with lakes, waterfalls and other landscapes, it can already be called a large park.

The park has a complete range of dining, leisure and accommodation areas, which have either been fully built or are still developing in an orderly manner. The only exception is the "entertainment area" whose construction progress is basically zero.

Shu Mo counted the points in his account and suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of confidence.

Or, why not just build a water park?

Anyway, the system is not a bank, and you won’t earn any interest if you keep the money, so it’s better to invest in construction as soon as possible.

The only thing that worries her is that once a complex of the size of a water park is built, the daily maintenance cost of a single system will be a huge expense.

Add to that the salary costs of hiring employees, the construction and maintenance costs of various mini facilities, and so on, and the number will be considerable.

Can future income really cover this expenditure?

The current hot spring customer base has already developed fixed spending habits. In the short term, when players' income will not increase significantly, it is still unknown how many points they will invest in the sudden addition of such a large facility.

Water parks are facilities that emphasize entertainment. The average family would probably reward themselves with a visit once in a while, but it would not be included in daily expenses, so the income is not stable. If it is built into a large hot spring for family fun where everyone can soak together in swimsuits, and it overlaps with the current positioning of the hot spring annex, the new customers that can be attracted will probably be those who come from the annex.

Wouldn't that be meaningless?

This is also the reason why Shu Mo had not been in a hurry to build before.

The hot spring facilities cannot be sold and can only be dismantled. If a large amount of points are spent and it cannot be recovered but the investors are reluctant to dismantle them, they may be bound by the high maintenance fees.

This kind of situation where a game is dragged down by large buildings in the later stages is not uncommon in the business simulation games she has played in the past, so Shu Mo's attitude is quite cautious.

She hesitated.

Two screens were floating in the void in front of me.

On one hand, there is the eye-catching expiration reminder on the discount coupon, and on the other hand, there is the terrifying price tag of 2 million points for the [Water Park] in the business mall.

2,000,000.

The string of zeros made her dizzy.

If you use the discount coupon, you can save hundreds of thousands of points at one time...

Shu Mo leaned on the sofa by the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room on the first floor, looking at the shadows of the trees coming through the window, somewhat hesitantly.

At this moment, a figure passed by outside the courtyard. The man stood at the entrance of the courtyard and pressed the doorbell.

The retro copper bell rang gently, and the sound brought her back to her senses from her thoughts.

Xia Qing stood outside the yard, stood on tiptoe, and waved happily to Shu Mo.

…

"Boss, I'm here to bring you some strawberry jam."

A few minutes later, Xia Qing placed two small bottles on the dining table in Shu Mo's living room and said proudly, "After repeated attempts, I can finally make high-quality strawberry jam!"

"Wow." Shu Mo applauded enthusiastically.

The strawberry jams made by Xia Qing were very popular among the neighbors, and she was inspired to study this these days. I finally made some progress today, and I felt a little proud of myself. "It just so happens that I have some things to deal with tomorrow, so I have to go back to town. I will bring this strawberry jam back to mom and the others. They will definitely be shocked."

Shu Mo came back to his senses and went into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, and took out two milk ice creams from the freezer - the same kind sold in the vending machine in the annex.

The ice cream had been in the freezer for too long and was frozen hard. She unwrapped it and moved it to two small bowls with great effort.

After a few minutes, when the air conditioner in the room softened the ice cream naturally, she scooped two spoonfuls of strawberry jam with a clean spoon and poured it on the pointed top of the ice cream.

——The normal quality [Strawberry Sundae] is done.

Get the hidden way to eat it!

Shu Mo had recently regained some confidence in these lazy secondary processed dishes. Seeing this, he pursed his lips and smiled, picked up the small bowl and walked back to the dining table.

During this time, the two continued chatting.

"You said you were going back to Qingshui Town tomorrow? Are you alone?"

Shu Mo was a little worried.

"Didn't your town send a team to pick you up?"

Although Xia Qing's rank was not low, it was still worrying to think about him traveling a long distance for several days alone.

Even if you deliberately avoid high-level areas, without the threat of monsters, you may encounter players with bad intentions.

Xia Qing took the ice cream, thanked him gratefully, and habitually spread the strawberry jam evenly with the bottom of the spoon, "No, this matter is more urgent, there is no time to hurry on the way."

"There's no time to travel slowly..." Shu Mo was stunned and didn't understand.

She thought for a moment, "Did your mother send a summoned beast to pick you up?"

Xia Qing laughed, "Boss, not all summoners have summoned beasts like Mimic that are suitable for long-distance travel, fast and powerful."

To be honest, when she first heard about the Arctic Fox Bus, she was impressed by Shu Mo's genius idea.

Why didn't she realize in the past that the beastmen were born to be vehicles?

"Although some people do use summoned beasts to move quickly, for such a long distance, sending out a single summoned beast alone cannot guarantee safety. We must send out two or three, and we have to ensure both movement speed and combat power... This is not a lineup that ordinary summoners can come up with."

"I actually always thought that Qingshui Town should absorb some summoner players. Monsters are really useful at times." Xia Qing shook his head and said regretfully, "Anyway, if there is no suitable summoned beast team, we will have to spend more money."

Xia Qing showed a painful expression.

Shu Mo's heart moved, "What does it mean to spend more money?"

Xia Qing sipped his spoon and answered as a matter of course: "Use the teleportation array."

“…”

“…”

Xia Qing: “?”

The silence lasted for a while. The two of them stared at each other for a long time. Xia Qing hesitated and said, "Boss, don't you know about the teleportation array?"

During these few seconds of silence, Shu Mo already wanted to grab the system's shoulders and shake it hard in his heart.

Why is such important information missing? !

The system made a clicking sound, and I was so scared that the power went out and the microphone was muted.

Shu Mo:? And he also took the offline escape?

She suppressed the slightly twitching corners of her mouth and said gently: "Well... I've only heard a little bit about it before, but I haven't understood it. After all, it's not really necessary."

"That's right, ordinary players really can't use it. The teleportation array in Qingshui Town can only be activated a few times a year."

Xia Qing accepted her explanation well and agreed.

Then observing Shu Mo's expression, she asked carefully: "Boss, how about I tell you about it?"

Shu Mo's eyes lit up, "Okay."

Xia Qingcuo thought about the words and continued, "The [teleportation array] is part of the territory's infrastructure. Once unlocked, you can spend a certain amount of money to teleport between different teleportation arrays set up on the world map."

"That is to say, as long as two territories have built teleportation arrays, no matter how far apart they are, they can reach each other instantly. It is very useful for exchanging materials and external communication. Of course, the resources consumed are also extremely expensive."

"For ordinary players, the territory and the surrounding environment are sufficient to meet their needs for leveling up and living, so most of the people who usually use the teleportation array are the lords and the high-level people in charge of the management of each territory."

When Shu Mo heard this, he understood why Xia Qing accepted so quickly that she didn't know anything about the teleportation array.

The two people have different identities and positions. Xia Qing is the lord's daughter, and although she seems to be "strong and has special circumstances", she is just an ordinary player in the final analysis. It is normal that she has no idea about the facilities in the territory.

On the other hand, the existence of the teleportation array also explained a doubt that had been lingering in her heart.

That is, the map of the doomsday game is so vast, how to connect different areas.

If you simply rely on walking, it may take several years to get from one side of the game continent to the other, not to mention the accidents and various dangers you may encounter along the way.

So, suppose a rare boss spawns on the east side of the map, then will the players living on the west be directly deprived of the right to kill the boss?

Obviously, the solution provided by the Doomsday Game for this situation is the "teleportation array".

As long as there is an area where humans gather, territory will naturally form.

Although Shu Mo didn't know how those lord players obtained this status yet, it was obvious that the Doomsday Game gave the lords some extra rights.

As long as a teleportation array is built in the territory, players in different areas of the map will be able to communicate with each other, exchange information and supplies, and kill nearby monsters.

Even if there is a price to pay, compared with the long journey comparable to that of obtaining Buddhist scriptures from the West, what does a small price matter?

...That's right.

What is the price? She didn't seem to hear it yet?

Shu Mo coughed lightly, "I forgot to ask, what resources are needed to activate the teleportation array?"

When Xia Qing heard her question, he suddenly laughed, not knowing what he was thinking about.

"You should be very familiar with that thing, boss." She said, "It's ore!"

It was as if a bolt of lightning struck Shu Mo's mind, and she opened her eyes wide.

Xia Qing continued, "You see, the ore itself has different properties and can be made into game equipment. It is especially suitable for mage players to make staffs. After equipping, it can enhance mana amplitude and elemental attribute attacks. Doesn't this mean that it contains elemental power?"

"My mother analyzed that according to the game settings, ore is a condensation of mana, so it is the most suitable thing to drive the teleportation array."

"In fact, we can also use other resources, such as monster materials, to drive it, but if we calculate the value of the materials, the cost performance is not as high as using ore directly."

Xia Qing explained patiently.

It turns out that ore is not the only material that can be used to activate the teleportation array.

Shu Mo quickly extracted the key information and thought about it for a few seconds, and found it quite reasonable.

Mineral resource points are refreshed randomly. In the early stages of the game, even if the territory has unlocked the teleportation array, it may not be able to find the mineral veins for a while, so the game will of course allow the use of other materials as replacements.

As for the highest efficiency of using ore to promote it, I am afraid that it was also discovered bit by bit by the lords during the ten years of gaming.

Her mind raced as she asked, "What's the exact number? How many people can be transported at a time? How many ores are needed?"

Xia Qing had guessed what she was going to ask, and gave the number skillfully, "The threshold for teleportation is 10 people. If there are less than 10 people, no matter how many people there are, one ore with unlimited attributes will be consumed."

"Two are needed to teleport 10 to 20 people at a time, and so on. However, different teleportation arrays have different sizes, and due to size restrictions, the number of players that can be teleported at the same time is also different."

Xia Qing tapped his chin, thinking. "I remember that the teleportation array installed in Guangming Town is a medium-sized teleportation array. It can teleport up to 50 people at a time. After a single use, it will cool down after three hours. You can pay points to speed up the cooling, but generally no one does that."

"I'm going back alone this time, and it will cost me an ore, so I feel bad." Xia Qing frowned pitifully, "I'll go ask later if there's anyone who can go with me."

However, seeing how the elders in Qingshui Town were enjoying themselves in the homestay area, she probably wouldn't be able to find a partner.

...I'm afraid I'll have to help bring back some homemade mushroom sauce and home-grown sunflowers.

Xia Qing had already begun to imagine the scene of carrying large and small bags back home. She sighed and hugged her head.

While Shu Mo's mind was still lingering on the topic of "teleportation array" that he had just heard, he suddenly felt a loud bang and everything in front of him became clear.

She knows how to solve the water park’s customer source problem!