While many players in the beginner village were still battling level 1 mice and level 2 squirrels, Jiang Hao, with his summoned creatures, was already killing level 6 sea turtles one by one.

Because he had muted the public chat channel, he was unaware that the [Weasel's Fang] item he had placed in the auction house had already caused a huge uproar in the newbie village's public chat channel. Although the public chat channel was currently limited to the tens of thousands of people in the newbie village, its popularity rivaled that of a major internet celebrity's live stream.

"The drop rate for dogs in this game is outrageously low. Forget about equipment, you can't even get a single copper coin."

"Only people at the top of the food chain can say something like 'Why don't they eat meat porridge?' I've already died twice trying to steal a level 1 rat monster!"

"Holy crap, look! Someone's listing equipment on the auction house!"

"It's just newbie gear for people who quit the game, what's so special about it?"

"You idiot, just open the auction house and you'll find out."

The public channel was quiet for a short while, then a more heated discussion broke out, with messages flooding in at a speed that was hard to keep up with.

"Holy crap, the new equipment has such high stat bonuses?"

"You seem naive. Is 20 health points such a fuss?"

"So you think you're pretty awesome? Do you have even better equipment? I'll take it for 1,000 yuan, as many as you have."

After typing this message for quite some time, the person nicknamed "Death" didn't reply or send him a private message.

"Another ignorant fool."

His teammates immediately began to persuade him.

Hunter Hundred-Step Shot said, "Brother Xie, don't get worked up. How would an ordinary person know how much of a boost 20 points of health can make to a team?"

"Yeah, Brother Xie, we have to bid for that piece of equipment in the auction house no matter what, otherwise our team's monster-hunting efficiency won't improve at all."

Assassin Lone Wanderer pointed to the priest in their group who was recovering mana, and chimed in.

A level 1 warrior has 90 health points. Even a warrior with the power to withstand 36 attacks from a squirrel can only last two hits at most. This necessitates that the priest in their team constantly heal him during battle, even if it results in excessive healing, leading to extremely high mana consumption. Often, killing just one squirrel will deplete the priest's mana, requiring a wait of seven or eight seconds before they can attack the next monster.

If they could acquire the [Weasel's Fang] item, which grants 20 health, King of the World could withstand three attacks from the squirrel. With King of the World's health maintained, the priest's overhealing would be reduced by 80%, allowing them to continuously engage the monster.

Killing a squirrel in 3 seconds is almost a 4-fold increase in speed compared to killing one in 11 seconds!

"Don't worry, brothers. I've prepared 7,000 yuan for this piece of equipment. I guarantee I'll get it for you."

Looking at the auction house, the highest bid for the accessory called "Weasel's Fang" was only 700 yuan, which reassured the team members.

In fact, it's not just the top-tier teams; even the elite squads of the four major guilds face the exact same problem: a lack of equipment! This game not only has low experience points and an even lower equipment drop rate, but what's even more bizarre is that there's nowhere to buy equipment. Other games at least have a way to buy equipment with real money, satisfying the desire of paying players to dominate ordinary players. But Lingxu game completely ignores these factors and doesn't even have a way to spend money.

Therefore, Jiang Hao's [Weasel Fang] item, which he placed in the auction house, received unprecedented attention. Among those interested in this item were some very wealthy individuals.

When the latest bid for the [Weasel's Fang] reached 8,000, the "King of the World" team started to get restless. They even began discussing the possibility of pooling their money to acquire the accessory.

On the other side, in one of the teams from the Heavenly Punishment Guild.

"Captain, is spending 8,000 on this ordinary piece of equipment too high?"

A hunter player finally questioned his warrior captain. The blond-haired young captain spoke up.

"8,000? That's nothing. My dad's a guild director. I'll take it, no matter the cost."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the bidding price for [Weasel's Fang] reached 9,000.

"10,000!" The blond-haired youth captain immediately raised the bid to 10,000!

On the other side, Liu Chuang was also persuading a beautiful, mature woman. The girl's nickname was Ice Queen, and her real name was Gu Wanqing. She was the youngest daughter of real estate tycoon Gu Liangchen.

"Miss, we spent 9,000 on this piece of equipment. What if the master says we're wasting money?"

The Ice Queen shook her head and said softly.

“He doesn’t care how much I spent. Besides, can 9,000 even be called money? 9,000 is just the nominal bid; my actual expectation was 12,000.”

No sooner had he finished speaking than the auction price for "Weasel's Fang" was driven up to 10,000.

Gu Wanqing raised an eyebrow, glanced at the bidder's nickname, smiled slightly, and did not bid again. Instead, she clicked on the auctioneer's profile picture and sent them a private message.

On the other side, the blond-haired youth captain looked smugly at the auction house's bids, which hadn't changed for a long time.

"Hmph, you think you can mess with me? My dad's a director of the Heavenly Punishment Guild!"

The "Reign Supreme" team.

"Captain, what should we do? It's already 10,000, I don't think it's necessary to buy it. After all, it's just an ordinary piece of equipment."

The Assassin, who had previously insisted on winning the bid, has now begun to persuade the Emperor to stop bidding.

"Yes, Captain, judging from this piece of equipment, the combat power bonus of Lingxu Game equipment is quite high. We don't need to put all our bets on this one. There will definitely be better ones later."

The hunter, who could shoot an arrow through a willow leaf from a hundred paces, also began to persuade the emperor to rule the world.

Junlintianxia wanted to acquire the [Weasel's Fang] item because, in his view, this ordinary piece of equipment represented the privilege of being the first to upgrade. However, he only had 7,000 gold, and without the support of his teammates, he had no chance of obtaining it.

Left with no other choice, Junlin Tianxia could only nod silently.

As the auction prices soared, the public channel became increasingly popular.

"Damn, I didn't expect there to be so many rich people playing this game. Several ordinary pieces of equipment dropped from the drop!"

"Our newbie village is full of naive and rich people."

"My worldview has collapsed. Can anyone tell me what people who spend tens of thousands of yuan to bid on an ordinary piece of equipment are thinking?"

"You're worrying too much. You should think about how to upgrade instead."

......

When Jiang Hao killed the fourth sea turtle, he suddenly heard a system notification.

"The item you listed in the auction house has been successfully auctioned for 12,000 yuan. After deducting a 10% handling fee of 1,200 yuan, the remaining 10,800 yuan has been transferred to your linked bank card account. You can view the specific details of the transaction in [My Auctions] under [Auction House]."

Jiang Hao looked puzzled, wondering if he had misheard.

"12,000?"

Open the portable auction house, find "My Auctions", and in the list of sold items, you will see the transaction information for "Weasel's Fang". The transaction amount was 12,000 yuan, and the buyer was a player named Ice Queen.

"Holy crap, 12,000! A piece of junk sold for 12,000? Are the players in this game that rich?"

Thinking about how I worked hard on construction sites for three years without saving a single penny and even owed others 3,000 yuan, how could I earn 12,000 yuan in less than two hours of playing games? Could this game be my chance to become rich and famous?

Jiang Hao was breathing rapidly, so excited that he didn't know what to do. He paced back and forth on the grass with his staff, and it took him a long time to calm his rapidly beating heart.

Only then did he notice that dozens of people had sent him private messages from the messages he had blocked.

He saw that one of the messages was from the Snow Queen, so he opened the chat window.

"Hello, sir, do you have any equipment left? I'm willing to buy it at market price."