Time waits for no one.
Su Han acted quickly, planning to find the nearest supermarket and spend all his money - after 9 o'clock, the money would not have the purchasing power it has now!
Maybe it was a system design, but within two minutes she saw a 24-hour department store.
Su Han hurried in, hoping to buy some supplies with the 1,000 Betelgeux he had exchanged.
Walking to the supermarket shelves, she found that money was still very valuable under the current circumstances. A bottle of mineral water cost 2 bei, a bar of soap cost 5 bei, and 1,000 bei could buy a lot of things.
Su Han felt a little regretful, if only she could exchange more currency. But soon, she regained her composure - she was not a god, so how could she predict everything accurately?
After a casual stroll, Su Han was surprised to find that not only soap, but also towels, toothpaste, facial cleanser, shower gel, and even air fresheners, perfumes, and toothbrushes can improve cleanliness. However, they are all consumables and will disappear after use.
As for food, chocolate, various candies, biscuits, cakes, and instant noodles can also increase satiety.
Because the compartments in the portable warehouse could only hold 100 of the same items, Su Han took 90 bars of soap and 90 bottles of mineral water without thinking, and then went to the cashier to pay.
There weren't many people in line, and soon it was Su Han's turn.
Soap 450 bels, mineral water 180 bels, a total of 630 bels. But the cashier couldn't help but look skeptical - why did he stock up so much soap and mineral water? Is this person crazy?
Su Han didn't explain, just paid the bill and left.
But as soon as she reached the entrance of the supermarket, nearly thirty people came in a hurry.
A thought suddenly emerged in Su Han's mind, "A large group of players are approaching the supermarket."
She deliberately moved aside, and waited until these people left before she found a hidden place to put the soap and mineral water into her portable storage.
"One step late, every step late." Su Han muttered softly, "If you are one step late at the beginning, there will be fewer product options after entering the mall. If you waste a lot of time in the mall, then you will have to compete with others after entering the game, and even have to wait in a long line at the checkout, wasting time."
Even worse, some players might not be able to get supplies. Su Han remembered clearly that she had just bought 90 bars of soap, almost clearing out the shelves, and she didn't know if the supermarket had any more stock to replenish.
There was a young girl wearing glasses next to her who took 100 packs of instant noodles in one breath without blinking.
Shaking his head, Su Han quickly walked to the next stop - the pharmacy.
As soon as she entered the store, she saw the salesgirl staring in amazement at a dozen customers shopping. Su Han's heart tightened, and she quickly joined the shopping army.
The final results are as follows: 5 medical bandages, 5 boxes of anti-inflammatory drugs, a total of 170 shells.
Anti-inflammatory medicine: After use, physical strength is increased by 20 and the "infection" status disappears.
It wasn't that she came too late and the goods were all snatched up, it was just that Su Han was short of money. Plus, she needed money to buy other things, so she couldn't spend it all.
Su Han glanced at the shelves with regret and left reluctantly. Before leaving, he could still hear the NPC salesgirl muttering, "If I hadn't paid, I would have thought they were here to rob..."
Su Han glanced at the time and found that it was already 8:38, but she didn't know where the store she wanted to find was. She had no choice but to use the stupid method and look for it one store at a time.
At 8:57, after 20 minutes of searching, she finally found her target - the grocery store!
The slingshot contains 30 shells each, and the steel balls contain 2 shells each, with 100 balls in each bag.
Su Han bought two slingshots and used the rest of her money to buy steel balls. In a flash, she spent all of her remaining 200 shells.
"Why do you need so many steel balls?" the grocery store owner was particularly puzzled.
Su Han smiled and said casually, "Hunting."
The grocery store owner was silent. He knew that some customers liked to use slingshots to hunt birds. He just didn't expect that this young, skinny girl would have this hobby.
"I'm leaving." Su Han knew that the NPCs in the holographic online game had extremely high IQs, and their thinking patterns and behaviors were no different from real people, so he just said hello.
As she stepped out of the grocery store, the system's mechanical voice sounded, "At 9 o'clock, the game officially begins. On the first day, the price level will increase by 50%."
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Han discovered that there was something extra in his portable storage. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a bottle of milk and a piece of black bread.
Milk: 250ml bottle, satiety +15 after use.
Brown Bread: Increases satiety by +15 after use.
She glanced at the satiety indicator on the transparent attribute panel and saw that it was still dark green. She didn't need to eat to replenish her energy, so she just let the milk and black bread lie in her portable warehouse.
Su Han slowly strolled to the park opposite the hypermarket and sat on a bench. Finally he had time to organize his thoughts.
Hyperinflation is actually a sharp decrease in the purchasing power of money. The money that could originally buy a whole pig gradually shrinks to only buy half a pig. Then it can only buy a chicken, then only a chicken leg, and finally it all becomes waste paper.
Therefore, the sooner you spend your money, the more you can buy.
She had finally managed to spend all her money before inflation hit, but she hadn't actually decided what to do next.
Suddenly, Su Han was startled and remembered something. "When I left the supermarket, the people I met should be players. The people who just got the news and rushed to the supermarket should be NPCs. But why do I see the same information when I look at them?"
For example, at this moment, a man in his thirties in a suit was rushing to the supermarket. She looked at him and saw, "Fullness: 85%, Cleanliness: 70%, Physical Strength: 90%. Condition: Good."
Next to him was a little girl of about five or six years old, who was being held in the arms of her parents. Looking at her, he saw, "Fullness: 80%, Cleanliness: 85%, Physical Strength: 70%. Status: Average, with a fever."
Su Han seemed to understand something. "Is it impossible to distinguish between players and NPCs in this game?"
After thinking for a moment, she came up with an idea.
In a noodle shop that posted a job opening notice, the proprietress was mumbling, "Why are prices soaring all of a sudden? How can we make a living?"
"Hello, I'm here to apply for the waiter position." As he spoke, Su Han walked into the noodle shop, raised the corners of his mouth, revealing the dimples on both sides of his face.
The proprietress showed hesitation on her face. The girl in front of her had short hair and a pretty face, and looked like a neat person. But...
"The salary is 3,000 Bei, and there will be no salary increase for the time being." The boss lady stated.
With prices soaring, it seems a bit unreasonable not to raise wages. However, the store's business is not so good, and it really cannot afford to pay employees too high wages.
"Three meals and accommodation are provided, and a salary of 3,000 Bei is not unacceptable." After thinking for a while, Su Han asked, "Can the salary be paid daily?"
"Okay!" The lady boss was also a straightforward person, and she agreed immediately, "The daily salary is 100 Bei, and I will pay you every night after the store closes."
"Okay, what do you need me to do?" Su Han began to roll up his sleeves, ready to work.
The lady boss said, "There are chefs making noodles in the kitchen. You just need to greet customers when they come, and you can rest when no one comes."
"Okay." Su Han agreed.
It was just after 10 am, and there were not many people in the noodle shop, so Su Han stayed nearby. When it was lunchtime, more customers came to the noodle shop.
But before Su Han could go forward to greet them, the customers started screaming, "15 shells for a bowl of noodles?? It was only 10 shells yesterday!"
"Robbery!"
“Why is it so expensive?”
The lady boss sighed and complained, "Prices are skyrocketing. What can I do? The prices of everything in the store can only increase as well."
"It's up to you! I don't want to eat anymore!" Someone left angrily.
The other few people seemed eager to follow.
The lady boss continued to complain, "What things out there don't get more expensive? It's the same everywhere."
This was like a bucket of cold water poured down on the customers, and they immediately gave up and ordered a bowl of the cheapest noodles for lunch. Most of them were thinking about bringing their own lunch tomorrow.
Su Han greeted him immediately.
After a while, the customer who said "I don't want to eat anymore" came back quietly.
Su Han pretended not to know and continued to order and receive food.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the customers left and the noodle shop gradually became empty. The chef came out to cook a bowl of beef ramen and brought it over.
"Thank you." After saying thank you, Su Han started eating.
Beef ramen, after use, satiety +25, after eating, Su Han's satiety will be directly increased to 100.
"Why do you want to be a waiter at such a young age?" the proprietress was quite curious.
Su Han said seriously, "It's good to be a waiter as long as you have enough food to eat, a place to live, and money to spend."
The boss's wife felt from the bottom of her heart that this girl had very low aspirations. But she had finally hired an employee who didn't mind the low salary, and she couldn't persuade her to quit. So the boss's wife encouraged the new employee earnestly, "Work hard to save money, and your life will get better."
"Yeah." Su Han responded with a smile, but he thought in his heart that money cannot be saved and must be spent once it is received.
We were busy again during dinner time and didn't stop until 7pm.
The proprietress was about to close the shop and go home. She pointed to a small bedroom of less than five square meters and said, "You sleep here."
Su Han looked around carefully and thought it was not bad. At least there was a bed and a quilt.
Perhaps because she felt the living conditions were too shabby, the lady boss smiled awkwardly and handed over 100 yuan. "Here, this is your salary for today. If you feel hungry tonight, you can go to the kitchen to cook noodles for free."
Not only did Su Han not mind, but he was very happy, "That's great."
The proprietress was silent for a moment and thought to herself, this girl... is so silly.
Little do they know that the new employees have free accommodation, do not have to pay for meals, and receive daily salary supplements, so they feel they are getting a great deal.
The author has something to say: This article is purely fictional and no logic or principles are to be examined.
The real time and game time are the same from 8 to 9 o'clock, and the game time will be N times faster after 9 o'clock. So after the first copy is over, the players can still catch up with lunch when they leave the game cabin. (This is a happy decision)
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"Commanding Heights: A Century of World Economic Ups and Downs" tells the story of the economic crisis in the 1930s and the inflation history in the 1970s.
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Soap is a consumable product. Use one bar at a time to increase the cleanliness by 20%. It is not like in reality that one bar of soap lasts for half a month!!
Medicines are also consumables and disappear after one use.
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