How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

Upon hearing the news, Qingshu Manjuan and Mu Ying had different reactions, but both were obviously surprised.

As for Mu Ying's question, Qing Yu also answered, "This is the news I got from the clerk of the Rhine Chamber of Commerce. How could it be false? Otherwise, why would we rush to find you?"

After getting confirmation, the two of them immediately fell into deep thought.

"Although I can guess, this kind of pie in the sky thing can't last too long." Qing Shu Man Juan smiled bitterly and looked up at Mu Ying opposite him, "I wonder what you guys are going to do, A Ying?"

While they were thinking, Qingyu had already pulled Beibei to sit down, took the menu, and took the ice water in front of Mu Ying to quench her thirst.

Looking at the stolen water cup and the extra snacks on the menu, Mu Ying twitched her lips, but didn't care much, "Why do you ask this? Hasn't Uncle Qing already made a plan?"

"That's true."

Although they had already asked the guild members to purchase as much as possible and sent people to the corresponding leveling areas in order to collect fluorite lanterns, it was obvious that they needed to step up their efforts in the current situation.

Mu Ying tapped the table lightly, "There are only two days left... Uncle Qing, do you think we should do something big?"

"What do you mean?" Qing Shu Manjuan, who was originally thinking about how to make arrangements, showed an interested look when he heard it.

"Start with the merchants." Mu Ying reminded, "Nalton's, or the entire Greenland area."

Although the affairs of the Rhine Chamber of Commerce were known to all the major guilds, everyone consciously did not reveal the news to those merchants. After all, they still needed to purchase fluorite lanterns from them.

Even if one or two guys might find out, given their principle of pursuing profit, they will definitely not leak the information to their peers.

Besides, apart from the guilds, the only ones who can possess large quantities of fluorite lanterns are the merchants.

"If we make such a big move, those businessmen will probably get suspicious." Qing Shu Manjuan murmured.

"It's two days, so even if they are suspicious, it won't matter. Besides, those guys must have been suspicious for a long time in the past few days."

Mu Ying smiled slightly, "Uncle Qing, you don't have to worry about other guilds. They must have the same idea as us. Enough benefits can break the rules. Besides, these rules are just empty words."

"That makes sense." Qing Shu Man Juan admitted that he was persuaded, but he still had some concerns, "But the merchants will definitely take advantage of the situation to raise the price, and we may not have enough funds here."

Although it is not clear why, with the keen sense of businessmen, they will naturally sense the urgency, and taking the opportunity to raise prices is definitely the norm.

Mu Ying already had a plan for this. "Don't worry about that. We can rent it."

Qing Shumanjuan suddenly revealed a look of realization, "Why didn't I think of this? You are indeed a top student of CUHK."

Catching two strange glances from Qingyu and Beibei beside him, Mu Ying couldn't help but touch his nose in embarrassment.

After all, he learned this idea from the little girl who set up a stall before. Although it would have been risky enough in the past, it was undoubtedly the most suitable for the current situation.

Just when Qingshu Manjuan was about to discuss more details with Mu Ying, a pleasant female voice suddenly sounded beside them.

“But I don’t think it’s necessary to go to this extent.”

Chapter 30 Fast forward to running away

The sudden sound made everyone look over subconsciously, and when they saw the person who appeared next to them, they all showed surprised expressions.

"Hey, why is Sister Qingqiu here?"

"Long time no see, Qingqiu."

After realizing what was happening, Beibei and Qingyu greeted them happily and pulled Yili Qingqiu to sit down.

Qingyu even took the menu and said, "What do you want to eat? The platters here are quite famous. Uncle Qing and Aying are paying for it, so order whatever you want."

"Yes, yes, Sister Qingqiu, you're welcome~"

"Is that so?" Yili Qingqiu stretched out his voice. Seeing Qingshu Manjuan and Muying sighing silently for their private money that was about to disappear, he smiled slightly, "It's better not to. I still have to help my dad sort out the information later."

But I didn’t forget to add one more sentence at the end.

"After all, I'm not as free as my uncle and Brother Mu."

The two people who were about to breathe a sigh of relief immediately revealed helpless expressions when they heard this. It turned out that they should not have believed that this little devil would speak for them.

"Ahem, Qingqiu, what did you mean by what you just said?"

Qingshu Manjuan coughed awkwardly. Although it seemed like he was trying to change the subject, it was obvious that everyone was also very concerned about this topic.

Yili Qingqiu answered everyone's other questions first, "I came here to look for Beibei and Sister Qingyu, and I happened to hear you discussing the Rhine Chamber of Commerce, so I listened for a while."

"As for what I just said." Speaking of this, Yili Qingqiu deliberately paused for a moment, but saw four pairs of warning eyes looking at him, and couldn't help but stick out his tongue, "Okay, okay, I won't keep you in suspense."

This is exactly what we have to do to deal with this guy with a devilish nature, everyone thought silently.

However, the other party did not explain directly, but asked Beibei and Qingyu, "How much did Aurora and Lost Paradise earn from the Rhine Chamber of Commerce in the past few days?"

"23 gold coins and 58 silver coins." Because every transaction was recorded by his companions, Beibei quickly checked the accounts.

"19 gold coins, maybe around 18 gold coins." In comparison, Qingyu's number was much vaguer, and it was obviously just a rough estimate, causing Mu Ying next to him to sigh.

Although I know that this person is not very good at math, you should at least keep a record of the accounts.

"It's not much different from what I thought. The other guilds must be similar." However, Yili Qingqiu didn't care about these. After all, this was not the point. The point was -

"So have you ever thought that this situation is a little unusual? This is a phenomenal online game."

Hearing this, Qingshu Manjuan and the others seemed to realize what had always made them feel that something was not quite right.

Just as the other party said, this is a phenomenal online game. The gaming experience since the launch of the server has reminded them that although the input and output may be unequal, it is impossible for such a mechanism with almost no cost to appear.

Yili Qingqiu held her cheek and analyzed with a smile, "So the only two hypotheses I can think of are: the first is that it is a bug, and now the Chamber of Commerce is leaving may be a reasonable repair method arranged by the Epoch Intelligence Brain."

"If we follow this idea, we are now maliciously exploiting bugs. Although the official claims that there are no loopholes and we are unaware of it and will not be punished, it will still leave some bad records."

Bei Bei thought for a moment and asked, "What is the second hypothesis, Sister Qingqiu?"

"If it's not a bug, then it's a spontaneous behavior that follows logic. No matter how you think about it, the indigenous people would not do such a thing. Maybe there is negligence, but the daily losses are enough to attract the attention of the head of the Chamber of Commerce. Even so, it still continued for several days, which shows one thing."

Yili Qingqiu paused for a moment, with a beautiful look flashing in his bright eyes. "That is to say, they deliberately set up this mechanism for a purpose, and this purpose is obviously not in our favor."

After the words fell, everyone fell into deep thought. There was some truth in what he said, or it could be said that it completely analyzed the general situation of the Rhine Chamber of Commerce incident.

"Although this is just my guess, no matter what, we have already made enough money, right? There is no need to take this final risk."

"After all, greed will come at a price."

Yili Qingqiu winked playfully, "Okay, that's all I have to say. I'll borrow Beibei and Sister Qingyu first."

Leaving Mu Ying and Qing Shu Manjuan who were still thinking, Yili Qingqiu pulled the other two away.

"Qingqiu, where are we going?" Qingyu, who was still thinking, couldn't help but feel curious after being taken away from the cafe.

"Didn't we agree before that our two groups would enter the Undercity ruins together? We have to let them get to know each other. Beibei, please record the missing equipment and materials." Yili Qingqiu explained to the two of them, "The ruins will be open the day after tomorrow, so we can't be careless."

After hearing this, both of them understood and nodded. After all, this matter concerned the honor of the guild, so it had to be treated with caution.

But I never thought that the girl who just said this would change the subject the next moment, "By the way, we still have time on the way. Sister Qingyu, how did you find the Rhine Chamber of Commerce? I'm still very curious~"

"..."

Although speechless, Qingyu still slowly recounted her experience of that day in detail. Beibei added details beside her, and when talking about the loli who was being followed, they both couldn't help but discuss each other's cute appearance.

"You saw that little girl's name is Yi Tong?"

However, the black-haired girl next to him suddenly spoke.

Qingyu showed a puzzled look, "Yes, what's the matter, Qingqiu, have you seen it too?"

"I guess so~" Yili Qingqiu smiled slightly, with a different kind of brilliance flashing in his eyes.

……

In the end, Qingshu Manjuan and Mu Ying did not choose to take too many actions because of Yili Qingqiu's idea. They just followed the previous arrangement, purchased scattered supplies in the market, and went to the special leveling area to fight monsters and collect them.

Although the number of fluorite lanterns harvested was not large, some profit was still made. And due to certain considerations, not all of them were sold to the Rhine Chamber of Commerce, and half of them were retained.

Paradise Lost and Aurora did this, but other guilds did not consider it this way, or perhaps they had some similar doubts, but were still overcome by greed and tried every possible way to collect fluorite lanterns.

Those big guilds naturally thought of making large purchases from merchants. Some of them even used guild property as collateral and adopted the leasing method mentioned by Mu Ying to obtain supplies from merchants, hoping to make a fortune on the last day.

With such a purely profit-oriented mechanism right there, it would be a waste not to do it, and most people think so.

After all, a 300% profit can make a capitalist send himself to the gallows, and the situation of making huge profits with no investment is enough to turn anyone into a capitalist.

Dian Cang was one of them. As the president of the more famous guild in the Constantana Empire, Cangkongzhibi, he decided to use 50% of the guild's property as collateral after discussing with the top leaders, and purchased a large number of fluorite lanterns from merchants and studios in the surrounding areas.

Maybe this has something to do with his love for gambling games.

Even if the result of losing the bet was extremely disastrous, it was enough to cause the guild that they had worked so hard to run for several games to disband immediately.

But how could there be a situation where you lose money in this mechanism that gives away money for free?

Dian Cang couldn't help but sneer, thinking that those guilds that were timid in the face of such opportunities did not have the courage to accomplish great things.

However, although he said so, just in case, he still took over the details of this matter personally.

After carefully checking all the fluorite lanterns, he asked other confidants of the guild to hand them over to the clerks of the Rhine Chamber of Commerce in batches.

It was not until the last batch of fluorite lanterns were handed over from his hands that Dian Cang subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. However, looking at the other guild members around him who were also busy submitting their work, he couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

"If only I had known this news earlier... Oh no, or if only I had done this earlier."

Because the acquisition takes a lot of time, it can only be done on the last day the Chamber of Commerce leaves, otherwise the profit can be doubled from the current level.

Even though it was only equivalent to a few days' income for the guild, it was enough to make them far ahead of other guilds in the early stages of the game when every inch of money counted, and they might even be able to climb into the top ten of the empire in one fell swoop.

When he thought of this, Dian Cang felt a little annoyed, but there was no point in saying more now. He could just wait to collect the money in the afternoon like everyone else.

However, although I say I feel at ease, in this kind of situation, I still have to receive the money in the end to feel at ease.

Dian Cang thought about it and finally gave up the afternoon leveling training. He took other confidants and waited near the Rhine Chamber of Commerce from noon.

Not only him, there were many other guild members around, some of them were presidents or vice presidents like him, who came in person. Dian Cang saw many acquaintances there, but at this time, no one had the idea of ​​​​reminiscing. After a few simple greetings, they waited together.

Since he had nothing to do, Dian Cang browsed through the documents in the real company while waiting. When he finished processing most of them and returned to the game, he found that the atmosphere around him was a little bit wrong.

Those people in the guild were whispering to each other, looking towards the direction of the store from time to time, looking a little anxious.

"Why do you all look so anxious?" Seeing this, Dian Cang couldn't help but feel confused.

The confidant beside him hesitantly reminded him, "Boss, it's already 1:30 in the afternoon. Logically, it should have been open by now, but..."

Dian Cang thought about it and said comfortingly, "Maybe we will open later today."

It was not until half an hour passed and there was no movement in the Rhine Chamber of Commerce shop, and the whispers around became louder, that Dian Cang realized that things seemed to be getting a little serious.

Thinking about what might happen, he suddenly felt a chill on his back for no apparent reason.

Fortunately, at this moment, someone spotted a figure turning a corner not far away and walking towards this side.

"Here you come, finally you come to open the door."

Dian Cang looked up and recognized that this was one of the reception clerks at the Rhine merchant. His originally anxious heart immediately calmed down.

The clerk of the Rhine Chamber of Commerce walked to the front of the store humming a tune amidst the many gazes that looked like he was looking at a savior, and hung up a sign that read "Open for Business" -

Then turned it over.

"..."

"..."

"..."

In the commercial square of Nalton, even players across the street seemed to be able to hear the extremely intense noise coming from the side.

"Boss, cheer up! Boss!"

"It's over, it's over..."

"It shouldn't be like this. Why did it become like this?"

"Open the door, I beg you to open the door!"

……

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I have some things to deal with today, so I only have one photo.

Chapter 31 Return to the Lawrence Family

When I came online the next day, I saw the store goods in the custody of the commercial plaza manager, and most importantly, the tens of thousands of fluorite lanterns purchased from those players.

Just from the number of these quartz lanterns, one can probably imagine what a tragic scene it was in front of the store yesterday. Moreover, I already knew all of this clearly through numerous posts on the Greenland section of the forum.

The tearful complaints of those posters in their posts are so heartbreaking that anyone who hears them will cry.