In the blink of an eye, the blue-white light started from the center of the shelter and quickly spread to the surrounding areas along with the wind and sand effects.
The members, having just stepped out to check on the situation after hearing the announcement, were caught off guard and nearly tripped by the sudden effects of the wind and sand. After regaining their footing, they squinted their eyes and looked around in confusion. Lu Weiwei, whose room faced the shelter's main entrance, was the first to notice the change. She stared intently at the gate and hesitantly asked, "Has the shelter gotten bigger? I didn't think the gate was that far away before?"
Before he finished speaking, everyone received a pop-up notification:
"Your [Get Rich Overnight Shelter] has been upgraded to a [Get Rich Overnight Camp]. The territory area and maximum number of people have been increased, and the following features have been enabled for you:"
"The [Reception Room] has been upgraded to the [Territory Hall]. The territory owner [Ye Miao] has gained full authority in the [Territory Hall] and can publish announcements and tasks at will."
"After obtaining permission from the territory owner [Ye Miao], you can also publish announcements and tasks."
"Welcome to the territory hall for inspection."
After the panel was closed, everyone saw a yellow arrow right in front of their feet, with a dynamic effect, pointing to the direction of the territory hall.
Players' inner thoughts: Why did automatic navigation suddenly appear?!
It turned out the system had suddenly activated automatic navigation purely for show. The camp members followed the navigation to the outside of the territory hall. The once simple, unadorned red brick house had been transformed into a sophisticated, European-style cottage painted beautifully in white, with an elegant, pale blue door.
As you step into the house, you will find that the space inside is much larger than it appears from the outside. If this kind of magical thing is not in the game world, you can probably see it in the magical world created by Ms. Rowling!
The large hall was spacious and bright, its high ceiling adorned with an ornate, intricate chandelier, and its floor so polished it reflected shadows. The surrounding walls were a soothing, gentle white, embellished with pale golden vines. The windows, tall and large, were framed in wooden frames with soft lines, a nod to the elven architecture found in classic literary works.
The players looked around, marveling. Ye Miao had just walked in, but before she could even appreciate the beauty of this free, upgraded, magnificent building, the system pop-up window appeared before her again.
"Dear territory owner [Ye Miao], hello! This is the territory hall, and you have full authority here. Please make good use of your authority and work hard to build your territory!"
This line is so classic that it instantly reminded Ye Miao of the beginner guides in countless business simulation games, and the sense of immersion in the game came immediately.
Then, another pop-up window popped up:
"Try to publish your first camp announcement! Mission reward: 500 gold coins. (0/1)"
Ye Miao rubbed his hands excitedly and started typing.
The camp members around her turned to look at her.
Unless otherwise specified, everyone's dashboard is only visible to themselves. Even if they can't see what Ye Miao is writing, they can tell she's typing, which inevitably makes them curious and a little nervous.
Two minutes later, the announcement popped up in front of everyone:
"For sale: Wooden house: 40 square meters, price: 300 gold coins, limited to one per person; Stone house: 50 square meters, price: 800 gold coins, limited to one per person."
"Repurchasing thatched huts: 40 gold coins. You can also transfer them on your own; the camp does not control the price."
Members: “…”
Is buying and selling houses engraved in the DNA of Chinese people?
Ye Miao received a prompt: Congratulations, you have completed the task "Try to publish the first camp announcement!", task reward: 500 gold coins.
She pressed the collect button, put the gold coins into her backpack, and left with satisfaction.
The members continued to be in a mess for a while, sorted themselves out, and began to settle accounts.
Miao Lin whispered to Hu Hao, "The thatched hut cost 50 gold, and the wooden hut cost 300 gold, which is six times the price. But the thatched hut is 15 square meters, and the wooden hut is 40 square meters, so the area is less than three times the size."
Hu Hao nodded. "But 15 square meters is too small for two people to live in. 40 square meters will be much more comfortable. What's more, the materials used in the wooden house are better. I think it's worth it."
"I think so too." Miao Lin nodded and looked at the stone house listed on the notice, and then said, "But the stone house is not worth it. The area is only a quarter of the wooden house, but the price is more than double. The cost-effectiveness is too low."
Hu Hao: "We have the money to buy the wooden house, but the thatched house we had before..."
"You don't need the money urgently, so you can keep it for your belongings. If the camp grows and more members join, you can try to sell it to others. Otherwise, it would be a bit unreasonable to lose 10 gold on the return, and we won't be staying here for many days."
The couple whispered to each other, their thoughts very realistic. Just like living a frugal life in daily life, although they wanted to live comfortably, they also had to consider the cost-effectiveness.
Fang Yuming looked at Fang Shuqin and said, "I'm planning to buy a stone house. What do you think..."
"I think the thatched hut we have now is enough to live in. This game mode doesn't have wind or rain, and the temperature is just right. I don't find the thatched hut uncomfortable at all." Fang Shuqin said amiably, paused, and then said, "But if you want to buy one, buy it. I said, we should live our own lives, and adults should keep a proper distance to be comfortable."
"Maintaining an appropriate distance is the key to comfort"—this has always been the way this single-parent family interacts. Adding the prefix "adult" to Fang Yuming after he grows up is actually a bit unnecessary.
Fang Yuming was very accustomed to this, but considering that she was his biological mother, he still gave a serious suggestion: "If you can get high-level equipment in the game, don't use low-level equipment. High-level equipment always has its advantages."
Fang Shuqin had never played online games, so she had no idea what he said and did not comment.
Fang Yuming had no intention of persuading him further. He strode out of the territory hall and went to find Ye Miao.
Ye Miao walked out of the hall and went to the open space near the cliff and started building a house.
As soon as the message popped up, she upgraded the shelter to a territory without hesitation. No one knew that behind her generous attitude, she only had 1,352 gold coins left after the upgrade.
This game is so dark!
A while ago, she worked day and night to kill monsters and save money to save up more than 20,000 gold coins. As a result, she went out to find a traveling merchant, bought barrier stones and blind boxes, and immediately only had 8,000 gold left.
Over the next four days, she made a lot of money thanks to her high level and fast monster spawning speed, plus some extra money from catching Pixiu, but she also spent a lot of money on purchasing supplies to change the shelter's operating model. Today, upgrading her territory instantly deducted 10,000 yuan, leaving her penniless.
——What should you do if you encounter financial difficulties while playing a business simulation game?
Ye Miao’s answer is: invest your money where the rate of return is higher.
That's why she just announced that she was selling the house.
After so many days of hard work in killing monsters, she didn't get much materials for building a house.
but!
Building materials could be purchased in bulk from the system store, and materials for private residences happened to be relatively cheap. She had just roughly estimated that a wooden house cost about 50 gold to build, and she could sell it for 300 gold, making a profit of 250 gold per wooden house. A stone house cost about 100 gold, and she marked it for 800 gold, making a profit of 700 gold through hard work.
Ye Miao felt no guilt about this profiteering. After all, there were affordable and good quality thatched huts available in the camp, and at 50 gold, most players could afford them, providing a basic living standard.
Wooden houses and stone houses are relatively luxurious options. If you want to improve your quality of life, you will of course have to pay more. She is actually making money from wealthy high-level players to develop the camp.
As the saying goes, “cut the leeks when you can”!
After calculating the profit ratio, Ye Miao gritted his teeth and took out 800 gold coins to directly buy the materials needed for 10 wooden houses and 3 stone houses. He chose a location and started building the houses, and did not intend to let the members choose the location themselves.
One advantage of this kind of "unified planning" is that the buildings can be arranged neatly one by one!
Anyone who has played a management game knows how awful it looks when buildings are placed in a chaotic manner!
With the help of his level 100 construction skills, Ye Miao built all 13 houses in less than two hours. The buildings were nestled against the northern cliffs, with the wooden houses to the west and the stone houses to the east. There was plenty of open space here, and as the territory grew, more private residences could be added, forming a residential area.
After installing the last tile on the last stone house, Ye Miao landed lightly on the ground. She looked at the stone house in front of her and dusted her hands. She was very satisfied with her plan. Then she suddenly realized that there was someone not far behind her. Then she vaguely remembered that the figure seemed to have been there for a long time, but she had been busy and didn't pay attention to him.
Turning back to look carefully, Ye Miao realized that it was Fang Yuming. Thinking that he was waiting for her to fight monsters together, she immediately apologized: "Sorry, I..."
Finally, Fang Yuming stepped forward and said, "I'll buy a stone house."
Ye Miao: “?”
She built ten wooden houses and only three stone houses because she considered that ordinary players couldn't easily earn money by killing monsters, and they didn't have the blessing of the Pixiu that randomly spit out money. She thought the stone houses would be difficult to sell. Who would have thought that the first house she sold would be a stone house?!
Before she could come to her senses, Fang Yuming had already handed over the money. Ye Miao quickly straightened her face, took the money, and registered the stone house in the middle under his name.
"Thank you." Fang Yuming smiled as he looked at the stone house. Ye Miao glanced at the time in the upper right corner of the screen: "It's 8:50. Shall we go out?"
"Yeah." Fang Yuming responded while clicking on the new prompt that popped up on the system.
"You have obtained a new residence [Stone House], and the residential attribute blessing has been activated."
"Increases physical strength by 10% and slows physical strength consumption by 20%. When resting, physical strength recovery speed increases by 30%."
"More attribute blessings can be obtained by changing the Feng Shui rating of the house."
Fang Yuming was speechless, then opened his mouth and asked Ye Miao, "Do you know about this blessing?"
"Hmm?" Ye Miao, who had just taken two steps towards the gate, turned back and asked, "What blessing?"
"Residential property blessing." Fang Yuming thoughtlessly adjusted the pop-up window to be visible to Ye Miao. Ye Miao was dumbfounded: "I didn't know!"
She really didn't know because she had never seen this before when she played the game.
Besides, what the hell is a "residential feng shui rating"?!
"Forget it, forget it for now." Considering that he had other plans for the monster-hunting mission, Ye Miao decided to put off exploring these details until later. He casually waved his hand and walked away.
"Do you want to reserve a room for yourself first?" Fang Yuming asked thoughtfully. "Our destination is in downtown T City, which isn't very close. It's important to speed up the recovery of our physical strength."
"No need." Ye Miao disagreed.
7000 stamina was already difficult to deplete. Killing monsters would consume more, but if she just walked, this amount of stamina could probably allow her to run back and forth between T City and the territory a dozen times.
Her attitude was so relaxed that Fang Yuming was stunned.
Attending the police academy made him subconsciously more curious about people and more sensitive to details. Many of Ye Miao's characteristics made him more and more curious. What exactly did she do?
Judging from the speed at which she built the house just now, her architectural skills are definitely not low. It seems that she was engaged in construction before coming to this other world.
However, her fighting ability is not low, and her healing skills are also very powerful. She has also tamed a mythical beast, the Pixiu.
Could it be that she was a medical student who had practiced martial arts since childhood, then switched to studying architecture, and also had a close relative working at the zoo, so she learned a bit?!
——Fang Yuming couldn’t help but make some speculations.
There is logic, but not much.
The author has something to say:
Notes:
①【切鸡当切】This is a pun I saw in the video of Little John Khan, a popular UP host on Bilibili.
Fang Yuming: Could it be that she was a medical student who had practiced martial arts since childhood, then switched to studying architecture? Also, she had a close relative working at the zoo, so she learned a bit?!
Ye Miao: Fortunately, you don’t know that my planting skills are also level 100, otherwise I would be a medical student who practiced martial arts since childhood, and then changed his career to study architecture. At the same time, I have close relatives working in the zoo, and my biggest hobby is farming when I have nothing to do... That would be my character.
Please give out more red envelopes in this chapter~~ 100 random comments will be given out, muah
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
