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Chapter 260 I'm Really a Wet Nurse

There are quite a few people in the bedding section right now.

It seems everyone is suffering from the low temperatures, and with widespread power outages, relying on air conditioning for heating is out of the question.

The persecuted players had no choice but to prepare extra blankets so that they could stay a little warmer on the cold nights.

The salespeople in this area looked very happy, as if they were about to earn a lot of commission.

Some players have already chosen their items and left with them.

More often than not, people hesitate in front of the product display cases.

The fat man jogged up a couple of steps and glanced at the price.

He was looking at a thin blanket, which cost 50 points, the same price as a supermarket ticket.

"Speaking of which," after looking at the price, the fat man sidled up to Gu Mian again, "Didn't the dungeon system change? It's now that dungeon reviewers evaluate the dungeons before giving rewards. I didn't get any game currency from the last dungeon. Doctor, do you know how easy it is to get game currency now?"

Judging from the worried looks on the faces of these players in front of the counter, it's clear that game currency is hard to come by.

Gu Mian stroked her chin and recalled: "I remember last time when we went through a dungeon, someone got a D- rating, and he got 80 game coins for that rating."

"Eighty?" The fat man's face twitched slightly. "The rating of the dungeon I just cleared was D-, which means that many players are only getting a little over a hundred game coins per dungeon clear?"

Why does it seem like in-game currency is harder to obtain after the dungeon update?

Chu Changge said, "The change in the dungeon mechanism is to make players more proactive. Before this evaluation mechanism was introduced, a considerable number of players were passive. They basically just followed others and only completed the task by luck, like you."

The fat man chuckled sheepishly.

Chu Changge continued, "The newly released game evaluation function calculates player activity at the end of the dungeon. Theoretically, the more active a player is in the dungeon, the higher their score will be. Of course, you have to survive until the task is completed to get a score. Those who die midway will be eliminated and drop game currency. Players who fail will not receive a dungeon score."

"Those players who just follow behind others without doing anything will also not get much because of this scoring system, so if you want to get more resources, you must be active."

Chu Changge paused at this point: "To put it bluntly, if you want a high score, you have to court death."

At this moment, Gu Mian added, "And you have to do it while ensuring your own survival, otherwise you'll be eliminated immediately."

The fat man's face grew increasingly pained: "Isn't this a bit too difficult...?"

Nowadays, players not only face the risk of losing equipment, stats, and in-game currency upon death in dungeons, but they also have to recklessly commit suicide in terrifying dungeons. And to make matters worse, they still have to stay alive...

This is too miserable!
Chu Changge pushed up his glasses: "Of course, the 'courting death' method is only for you. There are actually other ways to improve your dungeon score."

The fat man looked at him with some anticipation.

"The vast majority of the dungeons we've encountered are decryption-based dungeons, although we've basically never cracked a dungeon using decryption methods..."

"If you don't want to court disaster, you need to find the suspicious points, analyze the clues, deduce, and finally figure out a way to survive the dungeon. I guess using this reasoning method to pass the dungeon should get you a very high score, even higher than Gu Mian's score."

"However, I suspect you won't be able to deduce anything, or even see the suspicious points of the copy, which is why I recommended the first method to you."

After Chu Changge finished speaking, he pushed up his glasses.

The fat man's face twitched slightly: "Luckily, I can still get some compensation..."

Gu Mian patted his shoulder: "That's right, luckily you can still get some compensation." Chu Changge continued: "So I guess the current players are starting to polarize, leaning towards intelligence-based and physical strength-based types. Once this trend becomes clear, most players will see a significant increase in the amount of game currency they receive, at least enough to make a living, if nothing unexpected happens."

"But we are in a transition period now, and a very difficult one at that."

The rating system, coupled with severe weather conditions and sudden shortages of various resources, is enough to eliminate most players during the transition period.

The fat man let out a breath: "At first I thought this was a game where no one would die, but now I see I was too naive."

How could an evolution game not have an elimination system?

"I checked the water taps before I left home today, and the water has been turned off. I'm afraid other resources have also disappeared, but they haven't been mentioned publicly." Chu Changge looked at the merchandise display case not far away.

The fat man frowned: "So now we need to make more money, right?"

Just then, a few coughs suddenly came from the side.

Gu Mian looked up and saw a middle-aged man in front of a merchandise counter covering his mouth, looking as if he was feeling unwell.

Severe weather can lead to the spread of disease.

It seems that the drawbacks of the cold have already appeared.

Gu Mian took a few steps back: "You all buy more warm clothes so you don't get sick. I'll go check out the medical supplies section."

The fat man nodded and obediently approached the bedding area.

Chu Changge then said that he wanted to go and take a look at the mechanical supplies section.

Gu Mian followed the supermarket's map directly to the "medical supplies section".

The medical supplies section of this supermarket is very large, with cabinets reaching the ceiling on three sides.

Because almost everyone keeps some medicine at home, there are very few people here. Of course, another reason for the small number of people is that things are too expensive here.

The supermarket clerks are very humane; if you ignore the three letters above their heads, you wouldn't guess they're NPCs at all.

At that moment, the sales clerk was dozing off by the counter. When she saw a customer coming, she quickly came over.

Most of the medicines in the game's supermarket were ones that Gu Mian had never seen before, meaning they were produced by the game itself.

The medicine here can also be used in dungeons.

The sales clerk quietly yawned, then enthusiastically introduced the medicine to Gu Mian: "The medicine here can be used in both the real world and in dungeons, but of course it works better in dungeons. In dungeons, you're bound to lose a hand, a head, or a foot, and our special medicine can stop the bleeding immediately. Although it won't make you grow a new hand right away, stopping the bleeding is already quite remarkable."

"If used in real life, the effect would be somewhat reduced, because this wall is full of medicines for dungeons; medicines for the real world are on this wall..."

The salesperson walked to another counter that reached the ceiling.

Gu Mian also looked over.

He has a profession as a doctor, but it seems he has never really been a wet nurse.

After much painful reflection, Gu Mian decided to cherish this opportunity.

(End of this chapter)