This game is so weird!

Third floor, guild shop.

Having just earned a caravan ticket fee from a tycoon through an emergency mission reward, the Welding Emperor was examining a strangely shaped handicraft.

Based on his normal aesthetic sense, he really couldn't understand the value of this craft.

After casually putting the handicrafts back on the shelf, Hanwudi continued searching the guild shop. Having tasted success, he decided to try his luck and see if there were any other business opportunities.

In the shop on the third floor of the guild, there were still many people like Welding Emperor searching around. Judging from their uniform amphibious base uniforms, they should all be players.

The new cosmic beings weren't very interested in the store's opening. After all, they could buy anything on the Empire's website when they went home on weekends, so on weekdays they were only focused on making money.

I only come here to check things out if I need a tool for a mission, and I might even consider whether the price is right or if I need it urgently. If I'm not in a hurry, I might even wait until I go home on the weekend to buy the license and then come back to make it. After all, I can enjoy some discounts from the website's membership level when I go home to buy it.

Of course, given the types of missions currently being undertaken by Creation Star and the frequency with which they accept missions, they don't need to consider procurement in the short term.

Welding Emperor walked around the guild shop and got a general understanding of it.

The store is composed of physical shelves that occupy most of the area and a small number of upright terminals.

The physical shelving consists of food freezers, prop shelves, decoration shelves, material shelves, and decorative shelf, divided into 5 areas.

The refrigerated display cases in the food section mainly store portable foods, including a large number of ready-to-eat fish and meat meal kits manufactured by the factory, and a variety of juices available in limited quantities daily.

The props area contains all the base's current equipment and various props. The shelves are filled with headsets, breathing helmets, flippers, and even several fully equipped mannequins standing on a rock, holding impact cannons and daggers, facing the enemies around them.

The materials area contains various material samples, and even a small amount of rare materials such as gold, natural crystal, and uranium ore. There are terminals listed next to it. After purchasing, you can choose to pick up the goods in bulk at the store's shipping port in the Moon Pool and take them directly to the Seamoth.

The decoration section contains finished products outside of the three categories, as well as miscellaneous cheap decorations that Li Ang had previously purchased and authorized. The store manager, Xiao Shuai, made several samples and placed them on the shelves.

After wandering around for a while and buying several bottles of juice with different flavors before the crowds thinned out, Hanwudi arrived at a standing terminal by the window.

The titanium body resembles an information sign commonly found in zoos, but unlike that, the tilted panel on top of the upright terminal is an electronic screen.

When a person approaches, the store's terminal screen lights up, prompting the user to access their personal information for verification.

Following the prompts, Hanwudi clicked the button on the headset to complete the connection between the headset and the terminal.

After obtaining authorization, the words "Creation Star Guild" flashed briefly on the terminal, and the user entered the store interface. The upper right corner displayed Emperor Hanwu's personal information and wallet balance, while below was an empty shopping cart.

Without time to pay attention to the information on the right and his own contribution value balance, the animated image on the left side of the big screen immediately caught the attention of the welding emperor.

Limited-time special offer

[UNSC-USS Pelican]

Limited-time offer: 99999 Star Coins for permanent authorization.

The D77-TC "Pelican" troop transport ship has a capacity of 15 people. A symbol of the UNSC, this multi-purpose tactical space transport aircraft solves the "last mile" delivery mission from planetary orbit to the ground—we transport everything.

"Holy crap! This spaceship is so cool!"

Hanwudi glanced at the price, quickly clicked the icon to add it to his shopping cart, and then looked at the automatically displayed balance at checkout.

It's only 99999 Star Coins. I currently have 46000 Contribution Points, which means I need to complete 20+ more exploration missions...

and many more?

Star coins?

Seeing the glaring zero Star Coin balance, the Welding Emperor immediately calmed down.

"Waiter! Waiter!"

"When did they release a Star Coin?"

Hearing the shouts of the Welding Emperor, a group of players curiously gathered around, peeking at the screen from the terminal.

At this moment, the shop manager, Xiao Shuai, walked over with his bio-engineered employees. Seeing that the person calling out was the player who had helped him build his dormitory, he proactively inquired:

"Emperor Welding, what's wrong?"

"Oh, it's Manager Xiao Shuai."

Upon discovering that the shop assistant was an acquaintance, Hanwudi lowered his voice and his tone became much gentler.

"What's with this coin?"

"Oh, this one!"

Xiao Shuai chuckled awkwardly, scratched his mushroom-shaped haircut, and said sheepishly, "Sorry, I forgot to post the announcement. Xiao Qiang, could you push the announcement from the office terminal to the store?"

After instructing the new employee to help send out the announcement, the shop manager, Xiao Shuai, explained to the players present:

"Star Coins are the universal currency of the Empire. After connecting to the Empire's network, the Scar Star Exploration Guild received a higher level of authorization." — Authorization from Leon.

"Now we can use Star Coins to directly access the Empire's shopping website and purchase goods from all over the universe!" — Goods are limited to guild categories and are restricted to displaying only permanent licenses. One purchase grants permanent access to the Scar Star Expedition Base.

While reviewing the guild terms in his office, Yue Qing couldn't help but complain when he read this part, "Have some decency, trying to make money like this..."

Even after Li Ang returned, she couldn't help but inquire about the health of Li Ang's parents, which left him quite surprised.

However, the aliens who work here can go home and buy things during their holidays, so Yue Qing didn't say much. Anyway, no one would buy them, so it was up to the chairman to do as he pleased.

What explorer would buy permanent usage rights to a product for their guild just to get new equipment?

The store manager is still working hard to introduce the products to the players:

"Star Coins will serve as the mainstream currency for everyone in the future Scar Star Shop." — Li Ang was no longer interested in developing his own independent currency system.

It's too difficult. He's not a financial genius. Creation Star is already showing signs of inflation, and there are too many contribution points that he can't use. If it weren't for issuing building rights to recover some of the contribution points, the market would have collapsed long ago.

Therefore, it was decided to modify the contribution points into an internal points system, which would circulate and be used internally as a supplement to the valuable Star Coins. Meanwhile, the Empire's shops would directly use Star Coins as the unit of purchase and allow for the one-way exchange of contribution points for Star Coins.

"Star coins can be obtained by completing exploration missions. The latest exploration missions have been changed to reward star coins. As of last night, pioneer contribution points can be exchanged for star coins at a ratio of 100:1. Star coins can also be obtained by selling items in the shop later."

"Contribution points will henceforth be used solely for monster kill statistics, with different contribution points awarded based on threat level and hunting difficulty. They can be used to exchange for Star Coins or participate in base activities."

"Explorers enjoy an additional 10% recycling price and a 5% purchase subsidy, both of which will be displayed on the product information page."

With a 50% buyback price subsidy to 55%, and another 100% selling price reduced to 95%, plus a guild subsidy of 5%, how can we lose money?

A full 45% profit margin—a simple math problem.

Li Ang wrote this with great confidence; there was no way he could lose money, right?

"A new official announcement will be released tonight, which will explain these details in detail."

After finishing his speech, the shop manager, Xiao Shuai, was about to leave when he was surrounded by eager players. Players who couldn't wait until tonight or wanted to get ahead of everyone else bombarded him with questions, and some even shouted excitedly.

"With so much game content, they could unlock it directly in-game without releasing a DLC—what a steal!!"

"The train simulator next door costs 16 yuan just to change a few skins!"

The Welding Emperor, who had originally planned to be the first to usher in the space age, sighed, glanced at his wallet which only had 460 star coins after he selected the exchange option, and silently put the juice back.

What is this? It costs 1 star coin per bottle.

Why don't I just go offline and drink it?

However, after turning around and taking two steps, the taste of the fruit he had bought from Er Miao seemed to linger on his tongue again. He hesitated for a moment, but finally turned back to get a bottle, paid, and left.

It seems like you really can't buy this flavor. Oh well, time to make some money!

A few minutes later, a new post appeared on the Earth Games website:

[Buying game coins at a high price! 10 coins for 1 yuan!!!]

Meanwhile, Pamela's restaurant quietly opened. After the strong "specialty" flavors deterred a few curious players, the menu was eventually changed to simple fried fish fillets and seaweed soup, which finally managed to attract a few diners.

"Hmph! I refuse to believe it!"

Pamela watched the few figures disappear into the distance, then slammed her fist on the cutting board in the kitchen. "Just you wait and see! One day, my cooking will conquer the taste buds of these pioneers!"