Chapter 104

[OP, the scammer you're talking about is similar to the one I met!]

[Me too! Could it be the same person? (Fearful)]

[If they are really the same person, this liar is too arrogant! ]

[Eh, but, if you weren't greedy for this bargain, how could you be cheated?]

[Yes, although scammers are hateful, the original poster and the above poster don’t have such bad intentions. Even if the scammers wanted to cheat, they would have no way to do it.]

[In short, you still have to abide by the rules of the game. When trading, remember to use a formal platform. Large private transactions are not advisable.]

Because of this post by 骑驴看王巴, more than ten victims emerged overnight. Although they had their own reasons, they were indeed deceived, so they took this opportunity to share their experiences and remind others not to think about exploiting loopholes.

However, amidst all these reminders, some people still express their incomprehension of such fraud incidents.

I don't understand. Even scammers who engage in illegal transactions like this will be punished. Don't they feel like they're losing out?

Seeing this, a caring netizen stepped forward to explain: "You're so stupid! Look at what happened to you this time. The scammer only spent 95 gold on the herbs initially. Even if the system later deducted 25%, which is 50 gold, the total cost was only 145 gold. They bought something worth 200 gold. The scammer clearly made a profit."

[And the transaction freeze only lasts for three days. Honestly, for those who don't trade frequently, this period of time is actually not a big deal. After three days, the scammers can come back and buy things at the same low price. Do you understand?]

[Wow, are we just going to let these scammers keep coming back? (Sorry, I might have chosen the wrong word.)]

Enthusiastic netizen: [I wonder if anyone has reported it? ]

Riding a Donkey and Watching a Turtle saw this and immediately replied: [I reported it yesterday, and the system shows that the other party has been punished accordingly.]

Enthusiastic netizen: [Ah... that means the punishments are still the same as above, and the account is not banned]

Not being banned means that this person will continue to appear among players in the future.

Thinking about how the other party could hide their identity and cheat so unscrupulously every time, the players (especially those who had been cheated before) immediately started cursing again!

Many people who followed Qingyaozhishang also saw this post after they came online. They all expressed their concern for Qilukanwangba and reminded their friends that they must ensure that the procedures and formalities are in place for future transactions.

Time passed quickly, and on the third day after Xia Mo put the red coral on the shelves, she received a tin ingot mailed by Fenghuo.

At that time, she was taking Jingjing to kill monsters in the wild, and it was not very convenient for her to rush back to the royal city to forge. So she decided to go all out and simply sat down on the spot, took out the toolbox, and decided to forge in the wild.

Speaking of this toolbox, she obtained it from Brett, a blacksmith in the town of Buluo, when she was at level 10. In order to reward her when she graduated, Brett specially gave her this set so that she could forge at any time when she was out.

Xia Mo opened the toolbox, took out the professional tools, then buried his head and started knocking.

She didn't know how long it took, until her neck and shoulders were sore from the hammering, when she finally received a notification that the forging was successful!

Xia Mo stretched his sore neck and breathed a sigh of relief.

This is forging in the wild, and the chance of failure is higher than forging in the studio, so from the moment she started hammering at the raw materials, her heart was in her throat, fearing that the hammering force at any step would be wrong, or the ratio of the materials would not be adjusted properly, resulting in collective scrap.

Fortunately, thanks to her precise control of strength when she was a miner, and her strict control of the proportion of medicinal materials when she was a pharmacist, the forging process just now, although thrilling, did not go wrong at all.

Holding the finished product, Xia Mo rode his horse and rushed back to Marjorie's house.

Unlike the previous conversation through the iron gate, this time, Marjorie opened the door for her to enter the compound for the first time.

Xia Mo's eyebrows curved, realizing that Marjorie finally recognized her strength from the bottom of her heart.

After completing the forging task, Xia Mo received routine rewards, and then continued the conversation to accept new forging tasks.

This is the daily life of a profession, collecting materials and making things day after day. The whole process is boring and tedious, and there is also the risk of sudden failure and having to start all over again.

This process is difficult. Xia Mo has seen too many life players give up on the road to becoming gods, and every time they give up, combat players lose an exclusive path.

This is also why Xia Mo cherishes the beacon fire and riding a donkey to watch turtles.

Fenghuo is a miner. Although there are still many miners now, Xia Mo knows very well that the later the time comes, the more players will withdraw from this industry.

Because compared to other professions, miners have a really hard life.

No matter the wind, the sun, the thunder or the lightning, as long as there is a mine, they have to carry a small hoe and run there, and then stay there for the whole day, almost isolated from the world.

This state can be maintained for one or two days, a week or two weeks, but if it continues for a long time, one or two months, some people can't stand it and switch to becoming combat players.

As there are fewer excellent miners, the high-quality ores that players can buy will also decrease. Without good ore support, it will directly affect the downstream industry blacksmiths and jewelers, and then one link after another will be linked together, and in the end it will affect the entire game environment.

Don't think I'm exaggerating. I've said it before, that when Xia Mo was level 70, she really needed a piece of armor that purely increased [Intelligence]. However, after visiting all the shops, she didn't see a blacksmith who could make such clothes. She had no choice but to settle for the second best and bought a piece that took [Intelligence] into consideration as well.

There are no clothes with pure + intelligence. Ultimately, it is related to the quality of the ore provided by the miner. Without good materials, no matter how powerful the blacksmith is, he cannot turn a piece of mud into gold, right?

So since Fenghuo has embarked on this path and is a resilient person who can endure loneliness, Xia Mo thinks there is nothing wrong in helping him.

It's like riding a donkey to see a turtle. This guy was a famous pharmacist in his previous life, but who would have thought that before he became famous, he lived such a lonely life? He couldn't even put together a complete set of equipment. Seeing this, Xia Mo sighed.

But fortunately we recruited him back, otherwise who knows if this guy can survive this difficult period if things start over again?

Okay, let’s get back to the present. Xia Mo received a new forging task and asked a question before leaving.

"Mr. Marjorie, when can I learn [disassembly] and [assembly]?"

As mentioned before, [Disassembly] and [Assembly] are among the many specialized skills of a blacksmith, but because she delayed learning them, the attributes on her previous shoulder pads could not be transferred to the new equipment, so they had to be put on hold.

Marjorie was in a good mood today. She didn't seem displeased by her question, but simply glanced at her calmly. "Young man, don't be too ambitious. How much are your proficiency in [Knocking] and [Synthesis]? Are you thinking of leaping ahead?"

Okay... Xia Mo curled her lips. She understood that this meant that the prerequisite skills [Knocking] and [Synthesis] were not enough.

After leaving Marjorie's house, Xia Mo originally planned to go to the library to do her daily routine of tidying up the bookshelves. However, just a few steps onto the street, someone from the guild suddenly tagged her.

Yun Yao: @Mo Se, Sister Mo Se, I’m so sorry! ! ! !

Xia Mo was confused: [What's wrong? ]

Yun Yao: Wow, here's the thing. I cooked up a lot of high-level pet rations a few days ago. I thought the stockpiled food in the warehouse should be enough for Jingjing, so I took the extra to the merchant house to sell.

Xia Mo: [And then?]

[Yun Yao: And then... wow! My high-grade rations were stolen!!!]

Scammed? Xia Mo frowned: [How could you be scammed when doing business with a merchant? ]

Yun Yao: I… I later decided to go to the trading hall.

Xia Mo: [The trading hall is also a formal channel, no problem]

[Yun Yao: But I was scammed! It's worth 600 gold coins! I feel so bad now (crying.jpg)]

How could this be? The more Xia Mo looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong.

Three days ago, he was cheated when he was riding a donkey to see a turtle. It was because he really wanted to take advantage of the loophole, which led to him being detected and punished by the system. But according to Yun Yao, she went to the trading hall to trade, which was an official platform. How could she be cheated?

Because of Yun Yao's crying, other members of the guild started to come forward one after another.

[Ripe Tomato: Got scammed out of 600 gold?! That's a lot of money. Yunyao, have you called official customer service?]

[Yun Yao: I called TT...but the customer service guy said the other party's operation was in line with the game settings and was not a scam]

[Laughing until my face collapses: What??? This isn’t even considered a scam?!]

[Latiao Xiaohuahua: Pat my head, Yunyao, tell us the whole story, maybe we can recover the money.]

When everyone asked her about it, Yun Yao sent out several crying emojis and then began to talk about her experience of being cheated.

When Yun Yao said she was going to the trading hall to sign the contract, Xia Mo interrupted her: "Is the contract still there? Send it out and take a look."

But the other party said: [The contract is gone...]

Xia Mo: [Lost it? If you lost it, you can go to the trading hall and report your ID. The NPC can retrieve it from the historical archives for you.]

This is the advantage of formal channels, everything can be traced.

However.

Yun Yao: ...No, Sister Mo Se, when I said the contract is gone, I meant this contract has disappeared.

What? Contract news? Xia Mo's eyes widened. This was the first time she had heard of such a thing.

The others were also shocked, not understanding why the contract issued by the trading hall had disappeared?

Yun Yao: That's why I said I was scammed... I followed that person to the trading hall and signed the contract myself, but as soon as I handed it over to him, he vanished! I was shocked and quickly took the contract to the NPC to testify, but the contract also disappeared from my backpack... Then I tried to use my ID to check, but the NPC told me that I had never signed a contract with them.

This was something Xia Mo had never heard of. First, the contract would actually disappear from the player's backpack. Second, Yun Yao, who had clearly signed the contract, could not be found in the trading hall.

It's not normal. This is really not normal.

Everyone in the guild was discussing this. Xia Mo remembered what the customer service said about "conforming to the game settings." After two seconds of contemplation, he suddenly said, "I have a guess, but I'm not sure if it's true. I need @骑驴看王八 to cooperate with me."

Suddenly, he blinked in confusion at Cue's "Riding a Donkey and Watching a Turtle." Although he didn't know why he was picked on, he thought of Yun Yao as a poor victim and stood up: "Okay, I'll follow your arrangements."

Xia Mo: [Today is the third day, your trading rights should be released. I've put a piece of red coral in the warehouse. Take it and put it on the shelf in the business. You can mark the price as you like. If anyone asks if they can use the trading hall, please contact me immediately.]

The red coral that was opened from the treasure chest had not been sold yet, and it was just in time to be used, so Xia Mo simply took it off the stall and transferred it to the guild warehouse.

Ride the donkey and watch the turtle take it as he is told, and then put it back on the shelf in his name.

A few hours after the release, Xia Mo, who was running a city mission, received a private message from someone who was riding a donkey to watch a turtle: [Mo Se, someone actually asked about this]