Dragon, choose cultural victory to make money

Barn Forge, 343 years old, lives in Forgehold, a dwarf gathering area outside the Twin Towers. He is married and works for the Drogo Group. He never goes to work, smokes, and drinks.

He goes to bed at 11 a.m. and only sleeps three or four hours a day. After waking up, he drinks a bucket of ice cola, and then goes to the Internet cafe to play games all night long, leaving all the fatigue and stress until the next day. The doctors said that he was not normal at all.

I say this to illustrate that Barn is now an old dwarf with nothing to do.

Since he now makes so much money from the profits from machines such as Auto Chess that he can't even count it, he has completely lost the motivation to work hard and has entered a semi-retired state.

He will only be asked to come out unless the Drogo Group has some important and difficult projects to handle.

As a result, Barn now does nothing but drink and play all day long!
Ever since Barn finished his apprenticeship in the craftsman's shop, he has never been short of money. When home video game consoles came into the market, he immediately bought a top-of-the-line one.

Needless to say, you must buy it.

But he still chose to go to the Internet cafe to play games, for no other reason than that he loved to see others shocked by the luxurious inventory in his account.

Every time I go to the Internet cafe, I don’t book a private room, but choose the most conspicuous seat. I don’t play games. I only play matches when the new season starts. The rest of the time is spent fiddling with the inventory interface over and over again.

When passers-by notice it, they burst into suppressed exclamation, or come over awkwardly and ask if they can take a look at the inventory, and then exclaim in amazement.

At this time, Barn would feel secretly happy.

However, after playing this trick too many times, the sense of pleasure it brings is gradually declining, and I urgently need a more exciting platform, but unfortunately I can't find it for the time being.

Barn walked into the Internet cafe, which he often visited and was known for its poor quality.

This Internet cafe allows people to smoke, make loud noises, and provide strong liquor. If there is a conflict, there is also a special fighting ring.

It may be difficult for other races to accept, but for dwarves, this Internet cafe is really awesome.

As soon as I walked in, I took a deep breath of the familiar smell of tobacco mixed with alcohol, and it gave me a familiar feeling.

No, something doesn't seem familiar.

I don’t seem to understand what the dwarves in the store are shouting today.

"Come and help me, I'm surrounded by the Redbeard family in Shadow Glade!"

"Wow! I got a Dark Gold Warhammer. Does anyone want it? If no one wants it, I'll put it up for auction."

"Gold, gold, whoever offers gold, I'll take it at a 15/100 ratio. I still need some money to buy a strengthening amulet."

"Success! Success! Success! Ah - why did I fail again? This game is targeting me!"

"I told you to find some unused equipment to strengthen before strengthening..."

What new games are there?
Baines stroked his beard. He could understand most of what the young dwarves in the store shouted.

Today there is strengthening, collecting gold, and an auction house. I don’t know what this is.

He is too lazy to study new games now. The seasonal updates and various activities of Auto Chess are enough for him to study. There are too many things to learn about a brand new game.

For example, Red Alert, he still hasn't figured it out and hasn't even completed any levels of the story.

He sat in his special "visible bag" position, opened the game expertly, and displayed his inventory.

He even deliberately said, "Hey, which hero skin should I use today?"

In fact, my attention was not on the game at all, but on the people passing by.

Half an hour later, Baines realized that things were a little different today.

Normally, after such a long period of time, there would always be three or five people coming to support him, but now there is no one.

Everyone passing by was discussing a game called "Road to Conquest".

It seemed like the dwarves in the store were playing that game, too.

Someone just shouted that his combat power had exceeded 100,000, which attracted half of the people in the store.

A lot of flattery, such a “master, big boss, so awesome”.

What’s so great about it?

Barn secretly glanced at the screen of the camera next to him. The person playing that game should be "Road to Conquest".

The graphics don't look gorgeous at all, and are not as good as Auto Chess. How can you make cool skins without gorgeous graphics? Without skins, how can you show that Barn is different from ordinary players?

Don't play!

Barn stood up and walked to the bathroom. He had drunk too much, so he went to relieve himself.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the bathroom, he saw a huge advertisement for "Road to Conquest" with the strangest slogan Barn had ever seen in his life.

There is no mention of how to play the game, but instead it says "Completely free, register and get a gift worth 10 gold coins, if you don't think it's fun, delete your account at will, and you will get 1 silver coin as compensation."

Wow, what a big tone! Which serious game is advertised in the toilet?

Baines curled his lips in disdain.

If you delete your account, you will receive one silver coin as compensation.

There is no need to worry about someone organizing themselves to deliberately register and then delete accounts in order to receive compensation.

Barn didn't notice that there was a line of small words in the lower right corner of the ad poster, which read "Note: You can only get compensation if you delete your account after your account level reaches 60."

After leaving the bathroom, Barn, feeling relaxed, thought for a moment and decided to go to the front desk.

The guy at the front desk knows the most about all the new games.

Barn couldn't help but be curious and wanted to ask what kind of game "Road to Conquest" was.

"Master Barn." The guy at the front desk noticed Barn and greeted him politely. He was a distinguished guest of the store and no one else had recharged the internet fee with dozens of gold coins at a time.

That money is enough to keep me online here for several years.

Baines leaned against the counter, his head just slightly higher than the counter. "What's going on with 'The Road to Conquest'?"

"Oh, Master, you also want to play "Road to Conquest", that's great."

"You didn't say whether you want to play or not, so I just asked first."

"Let me tell you, that game is so much fun. The store is having a promotion right now. If you play Road to Conquest, you will get two hours of free internet access. But you can only play this game during these two hours."

Baines didn't care. "Do you think I'm the kind of person who needs those two hours of internet fees?"

"Look at what I said. Of course you have a lot of money, but you are such a rich man. It's more fun for you to play this game than for us. We can only follow the big guys, but you are the big guy when you play."

The network administrator said as he turned the screen of the front desk host towards Barn so that he could see the image on the screen.

The network administrator is also playing "Road to Conquest".

Barn felt that this was the only game left to play in the world today.

The network administrator pointed to a character in the center of the screen and said, "Look, this is the number one combat power in our plane."

Barn took a look and found that the first one was very obvious. The character looked different from the others. His equipment was glowing with colorful light and he had a pair of large wings behind him that emitted flames when flapping.

The most important thing is that there is a huge title above the character’s head, which reads “Unparalleled in the Planes”.

It looks a bit rustic, but it's quite exciting.

The more exciting part is the chat in the plane channel.

"The boss is too strong!"

"Big boss is mighty!"

"Big brother, please help me, I can't beat this copy."

"Those who want to be taken to the front should line up behind me. I asked first..."

"What is this copy?" Barn asked the network administrator.

"Oh, it's similar to the levels of other games. This level is particularly difficult. Players like us can't pass it. We can only wait for the player with the strongest combat power to lead us." The network administrator explained.

Barn chased his beard and felt a little moved. No one else could get through, but he could. People from all planes begged him to get through.

This is so cool.

"So, the reason why he is ranked first in combat power is that he is particularly good at playing games?" Barn asked.

"Well, his skills are definitely okay, but the point is that he has money!"

"rich?"

"Yes, he is rich. The equipment he wears cannot be afforded by ordinary players. The effect of one piece is stronger than all of mine. He does not need to dodge any skills in the dungeon. He can just stand and fight."

"You mean, this game is only good if you have money?"

"That's for sure."

“What a great game!”

Barne was so excited that he pulled out several strands of his beard. He had been waiting for a game like this for too long.

"How much does it cost to be the number one fighter in this game?"

The network administrator scratched his head. This question was too arrogant. "You asked me, I'm not too sure. Anyway, I think it's definitely not something that can be solved with a few gold coins."

"Small things."

Baine waved his hand and took out a cloth bag from his bag.

"Here should be about a hundred gold coins. Please top up my account first."

Recharge technology is not that convenient now, and you can only bring cash to designated outlets to recharge.

"Okay." The network manager took the money bag and smiled. The store manager gets a commission for all top-ups done in the Internet cafe, and if the commission is high, they can also get bonuses for the store employees.

After recharging, Barn hurried back to his seat.

He couldn't wait any longer.

What is Auto Chess? I’m not familiar with it!
Turn off Auto Chess and open Road to Conquest.

You can even choose your own image.

Barn was a little surprised. Many of the games he had played before did not have dwarf characters, and even if there were, they were not handsome enough.

He directly chose the dwarf race and the warrior profession.

A true dwarf would not bother hiding behind a warband and casting spells.

Choose the strongest body type, oh, and you can also choose the beard style and color, which is great.

After some operation by Barn, a dwarf warrior character with a waist longer than his height and a beard longer than his waist was created.

What a dwarf handsome man.

Baan sincerely admired his own good aesthetic taste.

Unfortunately, the range of body types in this game is still a bit lacking, and the thickest body type doesn’t quite reach Barn’s ideal state, but it’s already much better than other games.

He entered the game and skipped the plot. Barn was in a hurry to become the most powerful dwarf, and it would take too much time to just watch the plot.

As soon as he jumped over it, he was shocked by the game for the second time.

What is this automatic pathfinding?

Oh, my beard!
There is also auto-battle.

It turns out that this game doesn't require you to operate it yourself, that's really...

Really...

not bad.

Otherwise, when I become the strongest fighter in the future, I will have to do it myself every time when leading others to do dungeons, which will be exhausting.

In this way, Barn watched the console play the game by itself, occasionally clicking on the pop-up prompts, casually adding skills, and having no idea what the game was about, he reached level 18 in a daze.

Starting from level 18, I suddenly felt a dramatic increase in combat pressure in the main quest.

Previously he had advanced all the way automatically, but in this mission, his invincible dwarf warrior was actually killed by a few wild boars.

Why?
No, it seems quite reasonable to be mauled to death by a wild boar.

According to Barn's experience, wild boars are quite dangerous animals, and experienced hunters sometimes suffer losses.

Barn flexed his fingers, ready to give up automation and control his warriors to fight against the group of wild boars.

But at this moment, a prompt suddenly popped up on the screen.

“Hero, don’t be discouraged. Limited time first-time recharge gift package, original price 77 copper coins, surprise discount, only 1 copper coin…” Only 1 copper coin?

That's a huge profit.

Barn glanced at the contents of the gift pack. The title "Noble Player" greatly increased your movement speed, helping you to level up more smoothly.

it works.

However, you can become a noble player by spending only one copper coin. It is too easy to obtain the noble status.

Blessing of Growth: Experience gained will be doubled within 24 hours after using this blessing.

It's also useful.

Choose your own mount, appearance is not important.

Weapon: Golden hammer "Earthbreaker".

When Barn saw the last item in the gift package, his eyes lit up.

Compared to the hammer he is currently equipped with, it has double the attack power, plus extra critical hits, and special effects, with a chance of stunning the enemy when hitting it.

This is not invincible!
Barn immediately bought the first-charge gift package and upgraded his weapon.

Soon, the dwarf warriors in the game returned to chopping melons and vegetables.

The herd of wild boars that had just pushed him to death were now no match for him.

He chopped his way down to level 23 and was killed again.

This time it was a fire demon that looked tough, wielding a whip made of fire and defeating the dwarf warrior.

However, this time, Barn had no intention of switching to manual mode to compete based on his skills.

He rubbed his hands, waiting for another gift package to pop up on the screen, and then he clicked to buy it.

Why use technology when money can solve the problem?

But this time, no gift package appeared, instead there was another prompt.

"Hero, your outdated equipment has seriously hindered your progress..."

Baines clicked his mouse impatiently.

He knows it, so quickly sell him more advanced equipment.

"However, the war situation is tense now, and equipment supplies cannot be delivered for the time being. Fortunately, the legendary craftsman is living in seclusion not far from this battlefield. He can teach you the skills to repair and strengthen equipment..."

Does he need others to teach him how to repair and strengthen his equipment?

Baines snorted disdainfully.

But I still clicked on Find the Way to find the legendary craftsman living in seclusion.

The equipment enhancement system appeared, and Barn read the prompts impatiently.

"Use refined stones to inject energy into the equipment. When the energy reaches the upper limit, the level of the equipment will be upgraded. Please note that even the most skilled craftsmen cannot guarantee the success of the enhancement. Failed equipment will drop in level..."

Barn didn't know it yet, but he was walking into a bottomless black hole of consumption.

By consuming the refined stones stored in the backpack, the Earthbreaker was quickly strengthened to level three.

Baines chuckled and said, "What kind of skill is this? It's not just a click of the mouse."

Before he finished speaking, the third level was upgraded to the fourth level.

With a "pop" sound, the game prompts that the enhancement has failed and the Earthbreaker has become level two.

Baines frowned slightly, but didn't care too much.

Continue to click to upgrade. This time I failed at level 4 to level 5. I wanted to continue, but the game prompted that there were not enough refining stones.

An arrow then appeared, directing Barn to click on the mall function and strengthen the module.

Then Barn saw a variety of enhanced products.

Refined Stone, High-Level Refined Stone, Ultimate Refined Stone...

Enhancement success rate enhancement stone, advanced enhancement success rate enhancement stone, super enhancement success rate enhancement stone...

Failure protection amulet, protects equipment that fails to be enhanced from downgrading.

Baines glanced through it and quickly came to a conclusion.

All are useful.

Then I bought them all.

With the help of money, after a few minutes, Earthbreaker was successfully upgraded to Earthbreaker +10, with its attributes greatly improved.

After reaching +10, Barn stopped, as he felt that he would definitely get better equipment when his character reached a higher level.

However, now that I have a +10 weapon, the other +0 junk on my body becomes more and more unpleasant to the eye.

So I went to the mall again and took a look, and got full body +10 equipment.

Somehow, I was just clicking the mouse, but seeing the attributes improving little by little, I felt very excited.

While Barn was concentrating on strengthening himself, the other dwarves also discovered this ruthless man who spent money without blinking an eye.

"Look, look, he's wearing a set of +10 equipment."

"My beard! It's real. How much does it cost to strengthen it?"

"Master, take me with you. I will be your loyal little brother from now on."

Barn was still operating the console, seemingly not caring about the increasing number of onlookers gathering behind him. In fact, he was almost unable to hold back his laughter.

At this time, a sharp-eyed dwarf recognized Barn.

"Master Barn! So you play this game too!"

Hearing someone calling him, Barn turned around and found that it was a young dwarf from his tribe. "Oh, I'm just having fun."

As soon as he finished speaking, the people watching started to talk.

"Wow, a +10 suit is so easy to play with."

“I can’t imagine how rich he is.”

"Didn't you hear what the dwarf just called him? This is Master Barn!"

Fortunately, Barn had a thick beard that covered his mouth, so no one saw that his mouth was broken from laughing under the beard.

The young dwarf of the tribe asked excitedly: "Master Baine, which plane are you playing in?"

"I don't know, but it's the plane at the top of the list."

"Great! Master, we are also in that plane. Let's become the leader of the family soon."

Hearing the word "family leader", Barn was stunned at first, and then the old dwarf actually showed a bit of shyness on his face, "Ah, I know you love me and think I should be the leader of the family, but this depends on the opinions of the elders. I am just a craftsman who is dedicated to the family. Don't mention it, don't mention it..."

"No, Master, I'm talking about the family in the game. What are you talking about?"

"Oh, oh, ah, it's the family in the game. I thought so too. Yes, I thought so too. Why do you need me to be the leader?" Barn stammered to make amends.

The young dwarves were considerate enough to forget what Baines had just said.

"In this dimension, our Furnace Family has been bullied by the Bronze Hammer Family. They have surrounded the important resource monsters in the wild and prevented our family members from fighting. Now we are in urgent need of high-end combat power, and we must ask you, Master, to take action!"

"There is such a thing!" Barn was furious when he heard it. How dare the Copper Hammer Family bully the Furnace Family!
"Where have they fenced off? I'll go take a look."

After that, Barn asked again, "Am I strong enough to fight them now?"

"Enough, of course it's enough. You are now strong enough to beat a hundred of them!"

Inspired by his younger brothers, Barn controlled his dwarf warriors and led the Crucible family to launch a counterattack against the Bronze Hammer family.

It was called a counterattack, but in fact it was just attacking anyone from the Bronze Hammer Family they saw in the wild.

Family members with too low combat power cannot help on the battlefield, so they are responsible for taunting the opponent in the world channel.

The upper limit of the plane level is now locked at level 25, so although Barn is slightly behind in level, he is invincible due to his huge equipment advantage.

At the beginning, you should be more cautious and control manually to avoid the opponent's attacks.

Gradually, I realized that the damage was not painful at all, so I just turned on the automatic combat, watching the scene of my character being slaughtered on the screen while enjoying the flattery from other dwarves.

The experience of this game is simply great.

The one-sided battle lasted for dozens of minutes. Finally, the patriarch of the Bronze Hammer Family came online and directly issued an announcement visible to all dimensions.

"Cease fire! In thirty minutes, a powerful enemy from another dimension will invade. Let's compete to see how much damage we can deal. Whoever deals less damage will be a grandson!"

Barn responded disdainfully, "Who's afraid of you!"

Then he turned around and asked the dwarf next to him, "What is the invasion of powerful enemies from other planes?"

"It's a large battlefield enemy that refreshes at the top of the hour. Players from all planes will be able to participate. There will be a damage ranking list during the fight, and the family of the player with the highest damage will receive extra rewards." The young dwarf explained.

Barn roughly understood it. He still hadn't figured out most of the things in this game, but the point was that the damage was high.

"Is the patriarch of the Bronze Hammer family powerful?"

"Not sure, but his character's combat power is a bit higher."

"What!" Barn immediately couldn't sit still, he opened the mall directly and bought everything he could use.

Soon, it prompts "Insufficient balance".

"Ah? Didn't I recharge a hundred gold coins?" Barn was shocked.

"This game is like this, it's a battle of strength, one hundred gold coins aren't enough."

Barn briefly struggled for a few seconds, wondering if he was spending money too lavishly.

No, no, family dignity is more important!

He immediately rushed out of the Internet cafe and went to the nearest bank. Ten minutes later, he stopped at the front desk, pushing a small cart with at least a thousand gold coins on it.

"It's fully charged, I still don't believe it!"

With sufficient funds, Barn began a new journey to increase his combat power. Before the invasion of the alien dimension, he finally surpassed the two patriarchs of the Bronze Hammer family on the combat power list.

It's stable now.

Satisfied, Barn entered the battlefield.

However, the situation was completely different from what he had imagined. The damage statistics bar of the patriarch of the Bronze Hammer family soon appeared at the top of the list, leaving Barn far behind.

Until the end, the damage Barn inflicted was not even half of that of the Bronze Hammer Chief.

A brand new announcement appeared at the top of the screen.

"Where's my grandson? Where is my grandson? What furnace? A fart furnace!"

An old dwarf's blush is worth more than a long string of curse words.

Barn's temperature turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

However, the old dwarf still had some dignity and did not start a verbal fight. Instead, he asked the young dwarf, "Why is his combat power not as high as mine, but his damage is so high?"

"Oh, I know!" The network administrator who had been watching the excitement for a while answered, "The numerical system of this game is very complicated, so that person's numerical value should be more advantageous in terms of damage."

"Then how can I surpass him?"

Baines didn't want to hear anything else now, he just wanted to fight back.

"There's a YouTube blogger called Zhan Wang, who's a professional player. He's explaining the numerical values ​​of this game. If you give him a tip, he can help you adjust your account directly."

After hearing what the network administrator said, Barn immediately searched for War King and began to study it seriously.

You won’t know until you learn that this game has so many tricks.

Not only are the numbers complicated, but how to spend the money is also complicated.

Buying directly in the store is the most unprofitable. Specific gift packages will be triggered during each period, and that is where you will make money.

Baines watched the video and took notes for the first time.

While taking notes, he muttered: "Huh, I can buy so many things with such a small amount of money, then the game developers must be losing money..." (End of this chapter)