Chapter 117
The fresh food supermarket and weekend market are operating well, and more and more players are coming here, and people are gradually realizing the benefits of living in the B&B area.
In the supermarket, they can enjoy priority ordering rights and do not have to get up early every day to queue up to buy. When they wake up, the goods will be delivered directly to their doorstep by the hot spring staff.
At the market, they can sell the crops they grow in their yards. Everyone can see how popular those beautiful flowers and fruits and vegetables are. They are often sold out before noon.
I heard that many residents in the homestay area who originally had no intention of growing anything have now set aside a corner in their yard to grow flowers and vegetables, not for anything else, but just for the little income supplement from the weekend market.
Even so, demand still outstrips supply.
After all, compared with ordinary players, the number of residents in the B&B area is too small.
Someone did the math and found that the weekly income from selling vegetables, fruits and flowers alone could offset the cost of living in the B&B area for one or two days.
Not to mention that you can enjoy so many conveniences while living in a hot spring, and your safety is also guaranteed.
Some elite players who were originally reluctant to spend the money gradually began to have ideas.
Although these people's income is not as high as Jiang Qing and others, their total family income can still cover the fixed expenses of more than 200 yuan per day. The reason why I didn't rush to order it before was simply because I felt sorry for the money and thought it was unnecessary.
But after watching for a while, they found that the benefits of living in the B&B area seemed to be more than they thought, which immediately made these elite players a little shaken.
Noticing the change in customer sentiment, Shu Mo took the opportunity to build a few more cabins.
It’s still basic decoration, just copy and paste, it’s very convenient.
She is not in a hurry to sell these houses. She just puts them up for rent in the sales office. She patiently greets people who come to inquire. Anyway, she will always wait for the right players.
…
That day, Shu Mo was sitting in the sales office watching over the store as usual, but out of the corner of his eye he noticed a figure lingering at the door for a while.
He seemed to be a young man, moving furtively. He even glanced into the store, and when his eyes met hers, he immediately left in a panic.
Shu Mo: “?”
She was puzzled.
There were no customers in the store, so she simply stood up and went out to take a look.
There was no trace of the player at the door anymore.
"Strange..." Shu Mo muttered and was about to turn around and go back when he realized something was wrong.
A snow-white flyer appeared on the outer wall of the sales office at some point, and it made a rustling sound when blown by the wind.
She peeled it off and took a look at it, then folded the paper thoughtfully and put it in her pocket.
…
The sound of footsteps echoed on the forest path. The player left the commercial street, turned left and right, and finally ran to a deserted place. Then he stopped, breathing heavily.
He looked back and saw no one was chasing him. He patted his chest with lingering fear and said, "I was so scared. I thought I was discovered..."
The moment his eyes met Shu Mo's, he was really shocked.
Fortunately, he escaped quickly and was not caught by the innkeeper. If she came to him again, he could just deny it and say she had the wrong person.
He couldn't help but feel a little relieved and let out a snort of laughter.
Shaking a stack of flyers in his hand, the player's eyes turned around and locked onto the villa not far away.
Next step, let's go there, right?
We have to distribute all the flyers before dark...
He made up his mind and was about to take a step when a pop-up window suddenly appeared in front of him.
[Warning: No negative publicity is allowed in Nuannuan Hot Spring! Those who violate the regulations will be blacklisted for three days as a warning. 】
[If you receive three warnings in a row, you will be put on a lifetime blacklist and permanently banned from entering the hot spring. 】
Almost at the same time as the pop-up window appeared, his eyes blurred and the next second he appeared outside the cold and bleak barrier.
The scarlet font is more eye-catching against the background of the snow-white plain.
[Blacklist countdown: 71h59min57s]
The player shuddered subconsciously, and when he saw the words clearly, his face turned pale.
Could it be that the innkeeper has opened his third eye? How did you find him? ?
He looked again and again in disbelief, but it was no use.
*
"Boss, have you heard about the recent rumor?"
As soon as the gossip expert Gu Xiao sat down, he started with the familiar opening remarks.
Shu Mo was no longer surprised by her behavior and said "Hmm?" slowly.
"Oh, this time something really happened." Gu Xiao said nervously, "I heard someone is going to build a residential area in the snowy plains, and they have recently started looking for tenants."
Shu Mo paused for a moment, remembering the flyer he found two days ago.
It seems that what is written above is true.
She recalled the address written above, which was only a dozen minutes away from the hot spring, and it was almost undisguisedly competing with Nuannuan Hot Spring for customers.
"I heard that quite a few people were attracted there, and a few kind regular customers told me about it." Gu Xiao said, pulling out a flyer from his pocket and said angrily, "Boss, look at what it says on it. What about low prices? Isn't this clearly a way of putting us down? Do they also have hot water and lights?"
Shu Mo leaned over.
I don’t know if it was because the person who was sent to distribute flyers at the beginning was blocked, but the people who came later were much more careful and were not noticed by her at all.
Looking at the content of this flyer, it has been updated compared to the original edition flyer she "seized", and even has a price marked on it.
[Minimum rental period of three months, long-term rental can enjoy half-price discount! Only 100 points a night! 】
The price of 100 points was marked in huge fonts, with a few lace lines drawn next to it. Compared with the lowest discount price of 240 points per night in the Nuannuan Hot Spring B&B area, it was more than half cheaper.
Just looking at the pricing, it is indeed very tempting.
Shu Mo frowned and said nothing.
Instead, it was Gu Xiao who was worried about her. "Boss, aren't you going to do anything? Those guys are too much. Many guests want to stay in the B&B area because they want to be close to the hot springs and have fun. Plus, it's in a high-end area, so they don't have to walk a lot when they kill monsters. They stay here to save time."
"But now they are imitating us and building houses in the high-end area. They can come to the hot springs just a few steps away, and they can take our bus to and from Guangming Town... plus the cheap accommodation fee, I guess many guests will be tempted."
She analyzed it one by one, and became angrier and angrier as she spoke.
Shu Mo said helplessly: "This snowfield has no owner. If I can open a shop, then others can too."
Unless they come to her house to cause trouble, if they do business honestly, she really has no way to deal with them.
The only thing I could do was to block a few people and vent my anger when they came to promote the hot springs...
Gu Xiao seemed to understand this as well. He stared at the table dejectedly and let out a long sigh.
*
On a plain a short distance away from the hot spring, a translucent protective shield rose from the ground, covering a large area.
Within the protective shield, there are more than a dozen identical single-family houses. A middle-aged man was walking in it. He noticed two figures walking on the snow in the distance, and they seemed to be approaching the protective shield. His eyes immediately lit up.
"Hello, are you here to see the house?" Su Wenlong greeted them with a smile.
The people who came were a couple, and judging by the equipment they were wearing, they should be elite players. The two stopped in front of the protective shield, looked at the buildings in front of them, and frowned slightly.
Seeing Su Wenlong, the husband politely said, "Yes, we saw the flyer and wanted to come over and take a look. Are you the boss here?"
"Oh, yes." Su Wenlong smiled, "You've come at the right time today. The houses here are very popular now. There are only three vacant rooms left. If you wait a few days, they might all be gone."
The wife looked unconvinced, "Isn't that an exaggeration? How could there be so many people living here?"
To be honest, as soon as she came here and saw the living conditions, she started to back off.
Protective shield, single-family house, this configuration seems to be similar to the B&B area of Nuannuan Hot Spring, but when you compare the details, you are suddenly twenty blocks away.
The protective cover cannot provide warmth or windproof, and people have to wear thick protective clothing inside. There is no greenery around the house, and it is even more impossible to plant flowers and vegetables and make various gardening arrangements in one’s own yard like in a homestay area.
Let's talk about the accommodation conditions. Although it is a single-family house, it is actually no different from the houses in Guangming Town. They are all standard houses purchased in the game mall, with some simple decoration. The furniture style cannot be changed, and the area looks smaller than the houses in the B&B area.
Moreover, I don’t know if it is limited by the size of the protective shield, but the distance between each house is very small, and they are almost closely attached to each other. I feel like if I live here, I can't open the curtains from morning to night, otherwise my privacy will be seen by my neighbors, right?
She was already regretting it, and looking at her husband's expression, she seemed to be a little confused.
But Su Wenlong seemed to have not noticed their reactions, or perhaps he had received so many customers who came to see the house during this period that he was already used to being questioned. His expression did not change at all at this time, and he smiled shamelessly, "You can't say that. You get what you pay for. For the same price of 100 points per night, our place is at least much better than the hotel in Guangming Town, right?"
This sounded reasonable, and the two looked at each other and temporarily gave up the idea of leaving.
They stood there hesitantly, and the husband thought for a moment, "But this 100 points is the price for long-term rental, right? The hotel in town can also negotiate long-term stay rates, which are cheaper than your place."
Su Wenlong answered skillfully: "But their living area is not as large as ours!"
He led the two to the door of an empty house, opened the door, and motioned for them to go in and take a look. "Look, the lighting here is much better than living in the town, right? The surrounding scenery is also good. From this angle, you can even see the waterfall and the lake."
The so-called "scenery" he mentioned refers to the hilltop that had been transformed by the Nuannuan Hot Spring not far away, as well as the greenery automatically generated by the system near the protective cover.
The couple's mouths twitched, thinking that this man was really shameless.
Is this not even pretending? Just rub it hard?
But... they did take advantage of the fact that this residential area was close to the hotel.
When I went into the house again, I saw that the lighting was indeed good, just as Su Wenlong had said. Living in a bright place will make you feel better.
Although the area of the house is not as large as that of Guangming Town, it is still much larger than the houses where ordinary residents live in the town.
Su Wenlong saw their excitement and the smile on his face grew even wider.
He kept talking, "I'm not saying that the price of Nuannuan Hot Spring is too expensive. The cheapest double room is 200 points a night, which is twice as expensive as here. With this money, it's better to save it to eat something good or take a good bath, don't you think?"
"And living here also saves you the bus fare for each round trip, which is another 60 points, and you don't have to pay taxes, so you can save a lot of money in a year."
“It’s very convenient to go to the hot springs and take a walk by the lake in just a few steps.”
"You see, some people want to live close to the hot springs but also want to save money, so they set up tents in the wild every day. At least I have a house here that can shelter me from the wind and rain, which is much better than living in a tent..."
He was talking with saliva flying all over the place, and the expressions of the young couple became more and more hesitant.
They finally made up their minds, “Well, can it be cheaper?”
There's hope!
Su Wenlong suppressed his smile and put on a distressed expression, "This... To be honest, this price is already the lowest price now. You have also seen how popular the homestay area is after it opened, right? If you don't book it now, I'm afraid it will be sold out in a while..."
After all the houses in the homestay area were sold out, countless players at the top of the leaderboard regretted not taking action earlier. With this lesson in mind, the young couple didn't dare to delay any longer.
After some bargaining, the two sides finally successfully signed a one-year lease contract, which was 2,000 points cheaper than the original price.
[Deposited: 34500 points]
Su Wenlong was delighted when he saw the notification of successful transaction.
This is such a great profit!
Why hadn't he thought of this way of making money before?
Speaking of which, it was all thanks to Nuannuan Hot Spring that gave him the inspiration to make money.
Running a B&B on this unattended snowfield, I don’t have to pay taxes to the mayor. I save a lot of money and only have to spend a little on buying a house and decorating it. When you really calculate it, the cost of a house is only a few thousand points, but once it is rented out, the profit can be tens of thousands of points!
The surrounding landscapes are all ready-made, and he can even take a ride on the bus to the hot springs, so there are very few places where he needs to spend money.
This is equivalent to those homestays opened near tourist attractions, which can attract a large number of customers without doing anything by borrowing the popularity of Nuannuan Hot Springs.
The biggest expense is the protective shield above your head.
Su Wenlong left the couple's cabin and looked up as he went out.
The semicircular protective shield is always hanging over the head. Unlike the "protective shield" of the hot spring, its presence is quite distinct, and it even blocks some light.
He felt a little pain.
Normally, when players camp in the wild, the protective cover they buy only needs to cover a few tents, and the area should be at most a few units.
But if you want to be able to accommodate more than a dozen houses, the size of the protective cover required is completely different from the one used for camping, and the price will soar exponentially!
Su Wenlong felt a chill in his heart just thinking about the terrifying price of the large protective shield in the game mall.
The two main factors that determine the price of a protective shield are area and defense power.
If you want to camp in a high-level area, the defensive power of the shield must at least be able to withstand the full force attack of a lower-level S-level monster. The area of the shield required for a normal team camping is about 6-10 units.
When the two items are combined, a protective shield has about 3,000 points.
Unless they are unlucky and are attacked by a large number of monsters in the middle of the night, such a protective shield will be enough for the team of ten to use for half a year.
But what Su Wenlong needs is a protective shield that can cover hundreds of cells!
If you want to maintain the same defense power, you can't do it without hundreds of thousands of points.
The cost of the protective cover is much more expensive than building a house.
I don’t know where the hot spring owner got such a top-notch protective shield.
Just building the house had almost consumed all of Su Wenlong's savings over the years. He had no choice but to slightly reduce the defensive power of the shield.
Ordinary protective shields cannot become transparent, so the area cannot be faked, but the defensive power cannot be observed by the naked eye.
Su Wenlong thought in his mind: After all, he is also an elite player, and his strength is pretty good. At worst, he will have to work a little harder, and when he encounters high-level monsters attacking, he can just step forward and fight them off.
With his level, it is easy for him to deal with the common monsters in this advanced leveling area. Even if he encounters a boss, he is confident that he can fight.
——You can’t be so unlucky as to be besieged by a group of bosses, right?
Although it is said that monsters like to attack areas where humans gather, if you really want to know which area has the most humans nearby, it is obvious that Nuannuan Hot Spring has far more residents than here.
Even if a group of monsters really come to attack, the first target should not be oneself.
With hot springs to help attract hatred, what does he have to be afraid of?
Thinking of this, Su Wenlong immediately felt relieved.
*
Although this newly built residential area does not have hot water and lights, as the slogan says, compared to Nuannuan Hot Spring, it is cheaper and closer to the hot spring, and offers many conveniences. So in just a few days, quite a few people came to inquire about the price and view the house.
In addition, Su Wenlong is a shameless person, and he directly and blatantly uses the signboard of Nuannuan Hot Spring to promote himself. After several times, quite a few players actually signed leases.
Some rent for three months, while others rent for one or two years. More than 100,000 points were deposited into the account in a short period of time. Not only did he quickly recover his investment, but he even earned a lot of extra points. Su Wenlong looked at the deposits in his account and his face was almost crooked with smiles.
It’s still about doing business and making money! Even if you work hard to kill monsters for several months, you still can't make as much as you do in this wave.
Speaking of which, I have to thank Nuan Nuan Hot Springs...
He took the money and went to the hot spring to spend a lot of money.
Anyway, Nuannuan Hot Spring does not prohibit customers from opening shops nearby, so what he did is within the scope permitted by the rules!
Su Wenlong didn't hide his pride, his face showed it all.
He didn't go to kill monsters or level up these days. He just hung out in the hot springs during the day, eating and drinking, and went back to the residential area to sleep at night. His life was so comfortable.
Until the middle of the night that day, he suddenly heard a rustling noise in his sleep.
The sound was very slight at first, but then it became louder and louder. At the same time, the earth seemed to begin to tremble, and the beams of the house were squeezed and collided, making a teeth-grinding sound.
The vigilant intuition developed from years of camping in the wild came in handy, and Su Wenlong turned over and suddenly woke up from his deep sleep.
He felt the bed tremble, and his expression changed, "What's going on?!"
Could it be that some gigantic monster is attacking the protective shield?
Thinking of his precious protective shield worth tens of thousands of points, Su Wenlong did not dare to hesitate. He picked up his weapon and rushed out, fearing that the protective shield would be eaten in half by the unknown monster at night.
By then he won't even have a place to cry.
Fortunately, the barrier had no thermal insulation effect, so he wore his equipment even when he slept, which saved him a lot of trouble.
Su Wenlong ran out while cursing in his heart, but when he got out of the house and saw the scene in front of him, he was stunned.
Under the bright moonlight, a dense group of rat monsters appeared on the vast snowfield!
Each one was about half a meter long. The endless tide of rats was like a dark grey cloud, rushing towards the protective shield at an extremely fast speed. He seemed to have heard the sound of their sharp teeth gnawing at the protective shield.
Su Yunlong took just one look and his scalp started tingling, and he froze in place.
He roared in his heart.
What the hell is this? ? ?
Most rat monsters are extremely small and rely entirely on speed to win. A half-meter long... this has already stepped into the threshold of an A-level monster, right?
But how could A-level monsters gather into such a large group?
Aren't all the monster groups made up of weak C-level monsters? ?
A group of monsters mainly composed of A-level monsters... Does this game need to make such a big fuss if it wants to kill the players?
Su Yunlong was frightened and felt dizzy.
He suddenly realized that before worrying about other players, he would probably be the first one to die.
The weapon in his hand became extremely heavy. Su Yunlong recalled his confident thoughts from the past few days and felt desolate in his heart.
Although this game didn't send out a boss to attack him together, the monster group composed of A-level monsters is probably more terrifying than the power of the boss joining forces...
At this time, the doors of other houses were opened one after another, and the players were awakened and ran out of the houses.
Seeing the group of monsters on the snowfield, they fell into panic.
"Oh my god, why did so many A-level monsters suddenly appear?"
"With the protective shield, it shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"But can this protective shield withstand the attacks of so many monsters?"
Hearing the last man's trembling question, everyone's heart skipped a beat.
The same thought came to their minds at the same time: If it was the protective shield of the Nuannuan Hot Spring, it would definitely be able to withstand it, but could the protective shield of this residential area be compared with that of the hot spring?
If they were living in a hot spring now, would they not have to worry so much?
Someone looked back.
Across the snowy field, under the moonlight, the hot spring buildings still stand safely in their original locations.
Someone shouted, "Don't think too much, everyone take out your weapons and attack! There are so many elite and high-level players here, and with the protective shield, a few more combined attacks might scare them away!"
"Yeah, now is not the monster tide period, the monsters will not bite to death and attack, if they find that they can't get in, they may turn to attack the hot springs."
Su Yunlong also shouted.
This shout was like a shot of adrenaline to the crowd, and they all picked up their weapons. The mage began to chant, the archer drew his bow and aimed, and the melee player also rushed to the edge of the shield, his fists glowing faintly, as if he had begun to gather strength.
However, while using their skills, they were still a little confused in their hearts.
It’s still the same question: If you live in a hot spring, why do you need to fight off monsters yourself?
How could I have forgotten this when I signed the contract?
You have to level up during the day, and at night you have to keep worrying about whether monsters will attack you. You can't even sleep well. Who can stand this?
Everyone felt like crying but had no tears.
It’s all because the protective shield of the hot spring is too low-profile. Normally, I won’t notice it at all. Only when I leave the protection range of the protective shield can I realize how difficult it is to sleep soundly in the safe zone in the middle of the night.
But it was no use regretting now, as the monsters in the front row had already rushed to the front of the protective shield and launched their first heavy attack.
With a "bang", the protective shield shook violently.
The melee player was still posing and gathering strength when he suddenly realized something was wrong.
There seemed to be a slight "click" sound in my ear.
He looked up in disbelief, only to see that after the attack, a tiny crack suddenly appeared on the surface of the protective shield in front of him.
Player: “???”
There was another loud bang.
He watched the crack widen again, his expression distorted.
“Fuck you!!!!” The melee player let out an intolerable cry of grief and indignation, “Isn’t this too shoddy a project???”
I don't ask you to buy a shield that can withstand a group of A-level monsters, but it shouldn't be so strong that it will shatter in a single attack, right?
What the hell is this? !
"Run quickly!!!"
Someone cried out, and all the players woke up as if from a dream. They turned around and almost ran towards the Nuannuan Hot Spring at the same time.
A group of elite players covered each other, and fled in panic, finally running under the protective shield of Nuannuan Hot Spring.
The people haven't arrived yet, but the cry for help has arrived first.
"Hurry up and open the protective shield! There's a rat tide!"
"Boss, help me!!"
The howling of ghosts and wolves woke up the players who were camping near the hot spring.
They crawled out of the tent and looked at the group of embarrassed elite players with sleepy eyes, "What happened?"
The latter was panting and terrified, "Don't sleep! The monsters are coming!"
Camping players: “?”
They looked at him like a fool, "What monster group? Are you confused because of sleep?"
The group of residents were stunned and looked back subconsciously.
The snowfield behind me was empty, where was the shadow of the rats?
They stopped in a daze and suddenly began to doubt their lives.
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