Civilization Paradise

Chapter 4 Civilization Paradise
When Luanna received the report, she carefully examined the test results.

The results showed that the MCSS level decreased from 43 to 40. (Referencing an immune value of 100)

She looked at Dr. Cheng with a puzzled expression and asked.

"Mentor, didn't Mr. Long Ming's MCSS value decrease? Shouldn't his condition be worsening? Why did you tell him it was under good control?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yue sighed deeply and then spoke to Luanna.

"Of course I knew his condition was deteriorating. Long Ming, his father, and his grandfather were all my patients, and they all passed away right under my nose. I still haven't found a good treatment for their family's hereditary disease. Long Ming has already spent a lot of money on treatment, and it's impossible for him to pay more. We can only offer conservative treatment. The reason I lied to him was that I hoped he could maintain a good mood and not have so much psychological pressure, so that maybe he could live a little longer."

"I understand."

Luanna nodded in agreement.

In the afternoon.

Subway entrance in Xiacheng District.

Long Ming followed the dense crowd out, and looking at the familiar street, he relaxed completely.

Gollum~
He suddenly felt extremely hungry, which was normal, since he had been busy since morning and hadn't eaten a single bite.

Long Ming then walked toward a small shop on the side of the street.

Just then, a burly boss with a cigarette in his mouth saw Long Ming walking over and greeted him warmly.

"Isn't this Long Ming? What would you like to eat?"

"Boss, a bowl of clear broth noodles, please."

After speaking to Boss Zhao, Long Ming set up a table outside the shop and found a seat.

"it is good!"

Zhao Ku smiled and walked into the store.

Long Ming looked at the bustling street in the distance with a good mood. Today's test results were better than expected, even though he hadn't had much hope.

Suddenly, he noticed a long line forming in the distance, something he couldn't understand.

"The noodles are ready. I added some chopped green onions for you. Eat them while they're hot!"

Zhao Ku placed a bowl of clear soup noodles in front of Long Ming.

"Thank you. By the way, boss, what's going on over there? Why is there such a long queue?"

Long Ming was also very curious.

"I don't know either. I guess it's some trendy new store opening and they hired a bunch of shills!"

"Oh, I see. Isn't that a scam?"

"That's right, these unscrupulous shops and their shills should be arrested."

Boss Zhao also chimed in with his complaints.

"hehe!"

Long Ming smiled and lowered his head to eat his noodles.

More than an hour later, Long Ming opened the door and walked into the room, coughing.

He poured himself a glass of water, swallowed the medicine, let out a long breath, and then walked to his computer desk and sat down.

Long Ming opened the auction house with his game character, intending to list some equipment and items for sale. However, when he saw the prices of other people's equipment and items, his eyes widened and an incredulous expression appeared on his face.

In just one day, the prices of all equipment and items in the game plummeted by half.

Long Ming rubbed his eyes and looked at the computer screen again, hoping that he was just seeing things.

Unfortunately, reality is cruel; the virtual assets in the game did indeed suffer a massive loss.

Long Ming took a deep breath to quickly calm his turbulent emotions, and then contacted the businessman he often worked with, the fat black man, via video call.

Ding ding~
The video call was quickly connected, and a man with a round face and a small mustache appeared in the video.

"Hey, isn't this Brother Long? What do you need me for?"

"Little Fatty, prices in Black Star have plummeted."

"I know!"

"What happened? It was fine this morning."

"You don't know?"

"I don't know what happened."

"Didn't you see the announcement? At noon, the Shancheng City Lord's Mansion officially announced that in order to rectify the bad gaming trend, the government decided to open a game for everyone. Everyone started selling off their games after they found out, so the prices of Black Star collapsed."

"..." Upon hearing Xiao Pang's words, Long Ming gave a bitter smile. He never expected that his trip to the doctor would lead to such a devastating turn of events.

Although Long Ming graduated from a higher education institution, his poor physical condition made him unable to perform regular work.

Fortunately, he has a strong talent for both studying and gaming, so Long Ming earns money by tutoring part-time and playing games.

Originally, these two sources of income were enough to barely make ends meet and purchase subsequent medications.

However, due to a persistent cough that has made even speaking difficult, he had no choice but to quit his well-paid tutoring job and rely solely on gaming. Unexpectedly, the gaming also started having problems.

At this moment, the chubby boy asked Long Ming with a smile.

"Brother Long, how much stock do you have left?"

"I'll send you a screenshot."

Long Ming sent a screenshot of his backpack to Xiao Pang.

Wow, so much equipment, items, and game currency! You're really good at hoarding!

Little Fatty glanced at the screenshot and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Fortunately."

"It's such a pity. You should have sold it this morning. The market has collapsed now."

"It's too late to say anything."

"How about this, if you're willing, I can buy these things at half price."

"Two-fold discount?"

Long Ming's lips twitched slightly as he looked at Little Fatty; this guy was ruthless enough.

"Don't think it's too little. The prices on the auction house have already dropped to half price, and they're still falling rapidly. If you hoard so much stuff, it'll be hard to sell, and it'll be worthless in the end."

"Then why are you still offering it at half price?"

"Have you ever heard the saying, 'Fortune favors the bold'? Even though a game has been released in Chongqing, who knows if it'll be any good? It might just be another money-grabbing scheme. People will come back anyway, right? Forget about that, just tell me if you're selling or not?"

Little Fatty said very proudly.

"Sell!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Long Ming decisively cut his losses in time.

While Little Fatty wasn't wrong, he couldn't afford to gamble. Besides, everyone was going to the official games, so why was he still sticking with this one? With his skills, he could make a living in a new game too.

"Okay, let me calculate how much it costs. It's 20950 in total, so let's say 21000."

"Okay, transfer the money to my card, and I'll transfer everything to you."

"No problem, it's not like we've never worked together before."

The little chubby face was practically beaming with joy.

He felt like a business genius who was about to make a fortune.

"it is good."

Long Ming immediately ended the video call and then proceeded with the transaction.

A moment later, Long Ming cleared all his game assets. Staring at the empty account, he was momentarily dazed.

hum~
At that moment, Long Ming's phone vibrated, and a message popped up.

"Dear Mr. Long Ming, your bank card ending in 421 has received a deposit of 21000, bringing your total balance to 32150."

Looking at the balance in the text message, Long Ming quickly adjusted his mindset, then exited the game interface and opened his browser to search for newly released games about Shancheng Mountain.

Civilization Paradise, a groundbreaking masterpiece, utilizes the latest virtual reality technology to provide you with an immersive and wondrous experience.
Long Ming was also stunned when he saw the official introduction.

For a moment, they even had some doubts: Was Shanchengshan trying to fool them? Did they really have such advanced technology? Had they sold their game assets too early?

However, Long Ming had no other choice but to believe it.

At this point, he noticed that the game required the use of a virtual reality headset or virtual gaming pod officially sold by Shanchengshan.

The virtual reality headset is priced at 20,000 Mountain Coins, and the virtual game pod is 2,000,000 Mountain Coins. Sales will begin tomorrow morning at 9:00 AM. These devices will only be available for offline purchase, with the server opening in 3 days.

Long Ming immediately checked the sales points in the lower city and found that there were only a few sales points in the lower city, but one of them was very close to him.

Upon seeing this, Long Ming shut down his computer, walked to a corner, picked up a small stool, and left.

He planned to go to the nearest sales point to queue up. Although the sales would start tomorrow morning, he estimated that if he went to buy it then, he would most likely not be able to buy it.

Therefore, Long Ming planned to take a small stool and queue up all night, as he was a professional when it came to speculation and profiteering.

(End of this chapter)