1 a.m., Novice Village No. 66.
Hu Cha carried the homemade sign that he had used for quite some time and hurried to the east entrance of the village.
He has been doing live fortune-telling for a while now. Regardless of whether the results are good or not, this is the first time he has set up a stall here at around one in the middle of the night.
When he arrived at the destination, he put down the sign and looked at the words on it, "A cup of tea, a pack of cigarettes, and sitting at the east end of the village for a day." This didn't seem to be very suitable for what he planned to do later.
So he thought about it, stuffed the sign back into his backpack, and took out a piece of wood of the same style but without any words written on it. While muttering, "Luckily I prepared a few extra pieces," he started carving words on it with tools.
Because the sign was only temporary, he didn't put much effort into it, and soon, the sign that read "Metaphysical items on sale, only 5 gold coins each" was officially completed.
Several lines of text are crooked, but the number "5" is circled, which is very eye-catching.
Putting the sign aside, Hucha took out a huge piece of cloth and began to put all kinds of small things on the cloth.
A few golden lumps with uneven patterns on the surface and round pyramid-shaped bumps; a dozen or so small coarse cloth pockets with messy stitches and even the thread ends not tightened; a few pieces made of smooth pebbles, with stone pieces on them that seemed to have no specific patterns; a few pieces with tortoise shell patterns on the surface, and even the shape was similar to a tortoise shell, but they were fake tortoise shells made of wood...
The entire stall was filled with these oddly shaped handicrafts that no one in the evening market would even bother to take a look at.
Looking at their names, [Golden Toad (fake)], [Sachet (fake)], [Jade Pendant (fake)], [Turtle Shell (fake)]... all of them have the word "fake" after them, which makes the old customers of Hucha who came over out of curiosity to watch laugh out loud: "What's going on, our village fortune teller, you can't run your stall anymore, are you planning to do fake goods business?"
Most of the players who often come to Hu Cha to have their fortunes told have a great interest in metaphysics. They not only come to Hu Cha to have their fortunes told, but also keep an eye on the movements of the fortune tellers in this village. Once they see the fortune tellers in any corner, they will rush over. Therefore, they have patronized the fortune teller's stall and have a certain understanding of the props he sells.
And now these little props with the word "fake" on them that Hu Cha displays are all real ones that the fortune teller has!
The players exclaimed in amazement and felt sympathy for the fortune teller. He really taught his apprentice a lot but starved himself to death!
When Hu Cha heard these people even utter the words "disrespecting teachers and destroying ancestors", he quickly waved his hands to attract their attention and explained himself: "It's not as exaggerated as you say. I just run a small business and earn hard-earned money! Look for yourselves, although they are just fake goods made by me, they still have some effect, okay? Now that everyone has exchanged for the 'Lucky Gift Pack', it's time for good luck. Just pick two from my stall and take them away. You won't suffer a loss or be cheated!"
After saying that, he picked up an ugly [fake sachet] and showed it to the onlookers. One sachet can increase one point of luck within one hour. Although it is not comparable to the real one which can increase three points within 24 hours, it is still one point of luck after all, which is better than nothing.
The key point is that it is cheap! You can buy one for only 5 gold coins. They have been playing the game for more than half a month. Do they look like people who are short of those 5 gold coins?
As expected, the players were greatly encouraged and gathered around, snatching up all the dozen or so sachets in a few minutes. The latecomers sighed when they saw that the sachets were sold out.
Having successfully earned dozens of gold coins, Hu Cha continued to work hard and said, "Since you are here, take a look at the other props. They are all 5 gold coins each. Don't forget that the golden toads from my master cost 10,000 gold coins. The ones I have here are cheap and good quality, and there are only a few of them!"
The players looked at the golden lump in Hu Cha's hand, which looked like a mosaic, and all of them were wearing masks of pain. Apart from the color, how could this thing look like a toad? !
It’s just cheap, how can it be called good quality?
But the fact is, this thing is really a [Golden Toad (fake)], and its function is to attract wealth and treasure within 5 minutes. Although these four words do not have a specific range, they still make players yearn for it. This is both "wealth" and "treasure", a good omen!
Then, there was another round of looting. The golden toads, jade pendants, and tortoise shells were all snatched away in a short time, and Hu Cha made a fortune.
If the location was not inappropriate, Hu Cha would have wanted to take out the gold coins he earned from his backpack and count them one by one. Hehehe, with so much money, it was worth it for him to get up early and stay up late these days. In addition to completing the number of activities, he was constantly making these good treasures.
It’s a pity that his craftsmanship is not that good, otherwise he could have taken the opportunity to sell it at a higher price.
Hu Cha doesn't think of himself as a black-hearted profiteer. The functions of those props are clearly written in the introduction, and the transactions between him and the players who come to buy them are legal and consensual.
After selling all the items, he decisively packed up his stall and rushed home. Before setting up the stall, he deliberately kept one of each prop, and he would arrange for his ten big gift bags later!
This scene at the entrance of the village was posted on the forum by a player who heard the news but didn't get anything. Feeling bitter and depressed, the player couldn't help but make a few sarcastic remarks.
"Humph! They are just a bunch of inferior imitations. Do you really believe they can bring good luck? Don't let good luck fail to bring you, but bad luck will come to you instead."
"Luckily I walked slowly and didn't buy these items, otherwise I would have been heartbroken. Although 5 gold coins aren't a lot, they were grown by me one seed at a time!"
The players from other villages didn't know the specific situation and were really misled by what this player said. They thought Hu Cha made a bunch of useless garbage and sold it at a high price, and they cursed him as a liar and a charlatan.
Hu Cha received this news after he opened his gift bag. He was just a young boy. Although he loved to play and be lively, he had never experienced being laughed at by a group of people. He pursed his lips in grievance and was about to explain with the screenshots of all the props he had opened, but when he refreshed the forum, he found that things had taken a new turn.
There were players from the same village who used the items they bought from him and successfully won a spot in the game! And they were two different people!
There are only 90 game places among millions of gift packs. They are from the same village and have all bought cheap copycat props from Hu Cha. But they all successfully got game places. You can imagine how low the probability is.
At this moment, everyone who entered this post went crazy. They were surprised that the player's crudely made props could have such a huge effect, and they envied the good luck of these two players. This is a game quota, which would require 6666 points to redeem it, but now they only spent 1000 points to get it, and at most a few gold coins, this is a sure win deal.
The post was updated with several thousand replies per minute, and the number was rising every minute. The player Hu Cha, who was initially called a "charlatan", was now recognized by everyone as a "golden hand". The players in the 66th Novice Village stopped tearing the ribbon of the gift bag and planned to buy an item from Hu Cha before continuing this sacred process.
Hu·The Midas Touch·Cha: I am not, I don’t have that, please don’t give me nicknames!
He glanced at his backpack filled with props from the gift pack, and instantly felt that it was not so good. Wow, others were able to use the props he made to win a place in the game, but he used four in a row and got nothing. This should mean that it was not because of his props, right?
However, even if he himself said this, no one would believe it. He and the props he made have now become a symbol of good luck. Even if they are really useless, there are still people who come to buy one as a psychological comfort.
Hu Cha had a feeling that in the next few days, he would be forced to make those props. Hey, now that he had some time, should he paint the sign first? Or take the opportunity to raise the price?
…Forget it, forget the latter one, he has to run his business with integrity.
None of the players who had grabbed the game spots had shown up yet, but two of the lucky players who had drawn the game spots had come forward. The wealthy people who had been buying the spots at high prices in the forum heard about it and contacted the two players urgently, asking them if they were willing to sell the game spots to them.
One of them said that he was going to leave his game spot for his family and refused it directly. However, another one said that if he was full, the whole family would not be hungry, so he could sell the spot.
Then, several local tyrants started bidding, and finally the deal was concluded at a price of one million star dollars. After the money and the goods were handed over, the local tyrant left a message saying "I'm going to play games first" and ran away.
This ridiculously high price once again shocked netizens, and some people asked in confusion: "New game spots will be released next month, why are these rich people unwilling to wait another half a month?"
From the perspective of interstellar people with relatively ordinary family conditions, exchanging one million for half a month's time is not a worthwhile deal.
The last question was answered by a rich man who lost the bid: "Money is nothing compared to life. As long as we can enter the game as soon as possible, the money is worth spending. There are so many people in StarCraft, and we can't guarantee that we can grab tens of thousands of people by then. It's better to buy them directly to save time and effort."
Netizens who are full of sourness: ojbk.
After saying these provocative words, the local tyrant was still not satisfied and left a message about another floor.
"By the way, if anyone else wants to sell game spots, please feel free to contact me. The price will be based on this number, one million per spot. I'll take whatever you have."
This time, the reason why he gave up the bidding was actually because he was informed of the origin of the person bidding against him and knew that the other party's genetic collapse syndrome was already very close to the late stage, so he made concessions.
This person has achieved his goal, so it should be his turn next.
When Bai Li woke up from bed the next day, all the game spots that he had drawn or exchanged for had their respective destinations.
As for him, he fell silent when he stretched unconsciously and accidentally hit another body. In the middle of the night, why did he believe Wen Xingyao's nonsense that it was too late and he was too sleepy to walk, and inexplicably let him sleep in his room?
Waking up now, how embarrassing...
Because of Bai Li's actions, Wen Xingyao also showed signs of waking up. He immediately realized where he was, and then greeted Bai Li with a smile: "Good morning, boyfriend."
Because he had just woken up, Wen Xingyao's voice was hoarser than usual, like the sound of waves lapping at the shore, with the platinum sand slowly flowing and rolling with the waves, carrying a deadly sexiness and lazy tone that made people who heard it squint their eyes and want to hear a few more words from him.
"Um, good morning." Bai Li tried hard to suppress the heat rising in his ears, stepped back unnoticeably, and said, "It's time to get up. Let's go have breakfast later."
What he meant was that they should wash up together and then use the food that they had prepared a few days ago and put in his space to make ends meet. But Wen Xingyao got up and put on his clothes as quickly as possible after hearing what he said, saying "Take your time to get up. I'll make you breakfast" and then opened the door and left.
Bai Li had never expected such a reaction. But after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that it was indeed something Wen Xingyao would do. After getting up from the bed and sitting there stupidly for a while, Bai Li suddenly chuckled and shook his head to stop worrying about the other person's thoughts.
"Xingyao, are you awake? What are we going to eat today?" After living in Bai Li's house for a while, Tang Ying has become a qualified eater.
When it came to eating, he could even ignore the dog food that Bai Li and Wen Xingyao fed him.
"Yeah." Wen Xingyao replied nonchalantly, "Let's eat noodles with soybean paste today. It just so happens that the sauce I made last night was very successful. I think Bai Li will like it."
Tang Ying didn't care whether Bai Li liked it or not. He just knew that his saliva was about to drip: "Yes, yes, fried noodles with soybean sauce are good, fried noodles with soybean sauce are delicious!"
Wen Xingyao was walking towards the kitchen with his head down, but he stopped when he heard this. He looked at Tang Ying speechlessly and said sympathetically, "Then you should eat more today. We will leave for the military headquarters tomorrow." It would be difficult for him to eat and drink so indulgently in the future.
"Set off to return to the military headquarters", these five big words pressed down on Tang Ying like a mountain, and the joyful expression on his face froze immediately, with a tendency to crack. He finally remembered the purpose of his coming here, and he started to cry and laugh.
Although it was a good thing that Wen Xingyao was finally willing to leave, why was he so reluctant to do so? Oh, could Wen Xingyao leave and he continue to stay with Tang Ying? Anyway, there was not much for him to do in the military.
It's a pity that he can only think about it in his mind. He is Wen Xingyao's adjutant. How can it be reasonable for him, the adjutant, to stay where he is after Wen Xingyao leaves?
So, when eating breakfast, Bai Li found that Tang Ying's reaction was strange. He ate the big bowl of noodles in front of him one by one, and was reluctant to let go of the sauce and minced meat in the bowl. If you didn't know, you would think that he would never be able to eat it again after eating this meal today.
At the other end of the table, the black fox cubs Zhu Moling, Fox One and Fox Two were also given small bowls of noodles. They ate them intently, not noticing the reluctance and nostalgia on Tang Ying's face at all.
After dinner, Bai Li told Wen Xingyao and Tang Ying not to forget to pack their luggage, and he went straight into the game room. In the early morning, after they had exchanged all the points on hand, they did not even have time to open the "lucky gift pack" and went offline to sleep.
Bai Li thought, now the players in the game should have discovered the "little gifts" he prepared for them, right?
With those "little gifts", this month's activities may be able to continue until the end of the month.
However, when he went online and looked at the bare vegetable patch in front of his house that had been robbed, he realized that he was too happy too soon.
How careless! Knowing that there were two props, "Your door is always open" and "Close the door and let the dog out", how could he forget to arrange the latter for his own yard first? Look at him now, without a dog to guard his yard, these crazy villagers actually stole all the vegetables in his field!
Turning around to look at Wen Xingyao's yard, she found that his situation was no different from hers, and she felt a little better. Couples should share happiness and difficulties!
At this time, Bai Li saw Jiang Huaibi running over from a distance, with a relaxed and cheerful posture, and he was jumping and skipping as he walked. However, when he saw him standing in the yard, he stumbled and almost fell on the dirt road, and then his expression became evasive, as if he was hiding something from him.
Bai Li understood that perhaps Jiang Huaibi had contributed a lot to the way his yard became, so he deliberately put on an expression that said "I've seen through everything" and looked at Jiang Huaibi in an unfathomable way.
Jiang Huaibi was fooled. He shrank his neck and moved towards Bai Li step by step like a little quail. He greeted Bai Li at the gate of the courtyard: "Li, Li Li, you are online so early, why don't you sleep a little longer?"
Bai Li smiled and looked at her without saying anything.
Sometimes, when a person is angry, the most terrifying thing is not the fury on his face. Instead, it is the look in his eyes when he pretends nothing has happened and still looks at you with a smile that is more likely to make people feel scared.
Jiang Huaibi had done something "bad" before, so he was naturally afraid of "ghosts knocking on the door". At this time, he could not hold it back any longer, and with his lips opening and closing, he blurted out all the bad things he had done.
"Wow, Li Li, please stop looking at me like that. Isn't it enough for me to admit it? I stole three vegetables from your yard, namely cantaloupe, peppers and kidney beans. I didn't steal the other vegetables! Those three vegetables are still lying in my backpack. If you mind, I will return them all to you QAQ!"
As he was talking, he pretended to take something out of his backpack, but was interrupted by Bai Li who was trying to hold back his laughter: "Okay, okay, I was just trying to scare you, why did you react so strongly? They are just three vegetables, I won't be mad at you for them, right?"
"Really?" Jiang Huaibi had two tear bubbles hanging next to his eyes. "Then can you put down the hoe in your hand first? I'm a little scared looking at it."
"Oh, this, I forgot." Bai Li put the hoe back into his backpack and returned to being empty-handed.
Afterwards, he reminded her lightly, "I haven't opened my 'lucky gift bag' yet. When I open the two items, you shouldn't mind if I come to your house to do some experiments, right?"
This means that he also planned to steal vegetables from Jiang Huaibi's house.
How could Jiang Huaibi dare to say no? She was in the wrong in the first place and she also took the initiative to reveal that she was caught in the act. It was easy to understand why Bai Li wanted to "retaliate".
She nodded and agreed with Bai Li's words, and asked eagerly: "Then, Li Li, do you want to know who else has been to your yard? I actually saw a few people."
Bai Li shook his head and refused: "No, luckily I only have a hundred plots of land in my yard and haven't had time to expand it yet, otherwise it would have been stolen even more severely."
He had a clear understanding of his situation. As a game producer, if there were no players who had reached level 30 and could roam around the village, his yard might not necessarily be visited only by players from the "Mushroom Village".
Jiang Huaibi was not stupid, on the contrary, she was quite smart, and she quickly understood what Bai Li meant, and she covered her mouth and laughed. Seeing that Bai Li really didn't blame her, she put her mind at ease, said hello to Bai Li, and rushed into her own yard, planting the land in front of Bai Li.
While planting, he would also ask: "Li Li, what kind of vegetables do you like? I will grow them for you and leave them for you to steal!"
Bai Li almost died of laughter, and actually chose "strawberries" to reply to Jiang Huaibi, which was something she could grow at her current level. Jiang Huaibi started to grow them excitedly, and Bai Li also started to clean up the mess in the yard.
After a while, Wen Xingyao also came online. Like Bai Li, he stared at his yard in a daze for a while. After Bai Li explained the cause and effect of the matter to him with a smile, he started to open his "lucky gift bag" with a "vicious" smile on his face.
It's just that the vegetables were stolen, he can just steal them back :)
The current situation of Bai Li's yard is just a reflection of the use of the two prank props. If you want to know how players make the most of these two props, you have to go to the game forum, which is where the real world is.
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