Players’ NPC daddy

Chapter 2143 Orc Curse Chapter 05
“It costs 15 silver coins to use the teleportation tower once, but it costs 30 silver coins for us strangers.”

The man who had performed the grand display of throwing gold coins in the tavern was now painfully handing over 15 silver coins.

Spending a lot of money on intelligence and equipment isn't particularly painful, but he can't stand such extravagant daily expenses.

If you put all the games from the past hundred years, both ancient and modern, from all over the world, together and select the ones with the highest repetition and usage, the one that will undoubtedly be the [Teleportation Tower] is the answer.

Coordinate teleportation, crystal tower teleportation, quest point teleportation, return scrolls, etc., can all be categorized as [teleportation towers], and their usage frequency is so high that it can even be said to exceed that of resurrection points.

After all, players can survive a game without dying, but they absolutely cannot stand running from one map to another without using a teleportation tower.

Dali Feizhuan calculated the frequency of teleportation tower usage and the double cost for strangers; each use was quite expensive, let alone the cumulative cost.

Kate the Cat, leading the team with Mighty Flying Brick, walked into the activated teleportation tower, talking as they went.

"This situation likely stems from the player's, specifically the Outlander's, low World Reputation. As a result, some services are being deliberately overpriced, and even the sale of materials is being maliciously discounted."

"However, someone has already figured it out. If it's the Hermes's Hat, the merchant guild with the white feather in its logo, they, including their chain stores, will provide fairly fair service. You can tell the market price just by looking at them."

"The teleportation towers in the Third Kingdom are mostly controlled by the city lords and kings, so the prices fluctuate. However, in the Giant Kingdom, [Hermes' Traveling Hat] is in charge, so they are relatively cheaper."

"Besides the orcish regions, the next best option for building a stronghold is the Giant Kingdom, where it's relatively easy to gain reputation."

"Reputation... right now, players' world reputation is probably still negative." Dali Feizhuan scratched the back of his head, unable to help but complain, "What were those idiots thinking? Isn't it only natural that it's being criticized as garbage?"

He paid special attention to "Goethelock" because his dear sister had been investing in "Goethelock" for over a year and was still investing more heavily.

Godlock is like a money-devouring behemoth; the basic energy costs alone are a huge sum.

He acknowledged that, from a technical standpoint, "Goldlock" was quite groundbreaking, even ahead of its time, and would easily qualify as a highly prestigious technology award in other fields.

However, all these technologies have been turned into a game, and the game's revenue comes from millions of players. Only by serving the players well can the game start to generate profits.

Frankly, he didn't think the team behind Godlock could do this job well.

They were a group of very abstract people, and very fragile and sensitive inside. They became depressed every day because of negative reviews from players on the Internet, and each of them even had a noose at their workstation for hanging themselves.

The only person among them who seemed to have normal negotiation skills used an electric shock ring during their first meeting with the wealthy patron who had saved them, the group of abstract creators, from dire straits.

Then he was slammed to the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw, his eyes rolling back in his head.

He once thought that his dear sister was quite farsighted in targeting these abstract creators themselves, and that after these creators went into debt because of "Godlock," she would use this relentless investment to gain the loyalty of these actually talented, but unsuitable, game-making creators.

It's been a year, and she's still playing games so seriously.

"Sister, why did you invest in this?" Mighty Brick whispered in Kate Cat's ear.

“Because I can play games with you under the guise of work,” Kate replied seriously, as if joking.

"Huh!?" Dali Feizhuan was taken aback. He was more curious about how playing games could be considered work. He thought of a rather abstract possibility.

"You, you didn't believe those people's lies, did you?"

The continuous negative revenue and increasingly poor reputation of "Godlock" naturally led to accountability issues with the developers and demands for fixes. However, the developers' response was, "The current situation is not a bug, but rather caused by the players' own behavior. It is already completed and has a self-consistent logic. Forcing external intervention will only lead to the collapse of everything."

The other investors thought it was nonsense, and they withdrew their investments amidst curses, relieved that they weren't the biggest suckers.

Kate, the biggest sucker, chose to continue investing and even believed the words of these unreliable creators.

Kate the cat raised her hand and tapped the forehead of the brick that had been thrown by Dali.

"Do you think they lied?"

"Then... he definitely wasn't lying." The man who had been scolded for throwing bricks rubbed his forehead and chuckled sheepishly.

"That's right, they're just saying what they believe, so we should believe them too. Next time, don't just casually accuse others of talking nonsense."

"Of course, if we fail in the end, then we'll have to ask them to work for our company."

"So they still targeted them after all?" Dali Feizhuan shook his head helplessly. However, compared to taking direct action, this method would definitely yield a purer form of loyalty and reward.

Outside the border city of the Third Kingdom region lies the post station of [Hermes' Traveling Hat].

Due to the chaotic situation in the Third Kingdom, the only way to travel from the Third Kingdom region to the Giant's Palace or the Holy Cross Kingdom is to cross the neutral zone between border cities. Therefore, the post stations in the border areas offer services such as renting carriages and fast ostriches.

The Fairy Kingdom enthusiasts chose the Fast-Walking Ostrich, two people per ride. When they rented the rides, the shopkeeper verified their status as strangers and asked them to produce credit coins issued by Hermes' Traveling Hat.

Those are the most valuable gold coins.

Dali Feizhuan suppressed his urge to complain and took out his credit coins. As soon as the credit coins appeared, the shop assistant's attitude immediately changed 180 degrees.

That was by no means flattery because of encountering a distinguished guest, but rather a sigh of relief.

Upon inquiry, it was discovered that some players were using the guise of renting to ride away the fast-moving ostriches, kill them, and easily gain experience points, even calling it a leveling-up bug.

Currently, Hermes' Traveling Hat is only available to strangers with credit coins who can rent a fast-moving ostrich.

Perhaps because it's really difficult to obtain credit coins, the shopkeeper said a few more words. In the past year or so, there have been cases of strangers selling materials and then taking them back. The guild is considering not providing the strangers with the material buyback service and blacklisting them.

Kate the Cat and Mighty Flying Brick exchanged a glance, and Mighty Flying Brick broke out in a cold sweat.

If that happened, Godelock would be completely doomed.

(End of this chapter)