Wanjie Game Hall, I sent Kiana to Silent Hill

"Yeah~"

The girl's application process was incredibly smooth, and she appeared incredibly natural in front of the camera, seemingly born to be photogenic. Wang Xuanqiao finally pressed "Confirm," and the terminal officially began producing the girl's membership card.

At the same time, the system also prompts what kind of game the girl named Ling has unlocked.

[Detected that the guest has applied for a membership card, unlocking the game based on the guest's characteristics——]

Wang Xuanqiao was a bit hard to guess, as he didn't really know what kind of person the girl in front of him was. However, seeing how lively she was, he figured she wouldn't be into any serious games.

Maybe it'll be a game full of cuteness? Like Animal Crossing: New Horizons or something...

[Game: Grand Theft Auto 5 has been unlocked, please enjoy the experience.]

Wang Xuanqiao:?

Huh? No? What's going on? Why is this girl next door being cast in a car-robbery, gun-and-gun game?

"What's wrong, boss?" Ling noticed the change in Wang Xuanqiao's expression and asked curiously.

"Well...excuse me for asking, do you feel that your daily life is a bit dull and want to seek some excitement?" Wang Xuanqiao asked her.

"Ah? No." Ling was a little confused by the question. She tilted her head and answered with a blank look on her face.

"Rather, my daily life is quite exciting in a certain sense." She shrugged and spread her hands, performing the two-piece set movements effortlessly, expressing her deep helplessness.

"That's strange." Wang Xuanqiao handed the membership card to Ling. "Didn't I say earlier when I was explaining that the system would unlock corresponding games based on the member's characteristics? You unlocked a... rather exciting game."

After that, he explained to Ling the general gameplay and background of GTA5.

"Wait!" Ling interrupted Wang Xuanqiao's introduction halfway through. "Are you saying there's a Sunshine Beach Resort in Los Santos?"

There are also private yachts and aircraft carriers.

Wang Xuanqiao suddenly realized that he'd been so focused on robbing banks that he'd forgotten Los Santos was actually a resort. It was just that in the computer, the latter's attributes had been significantly weakened.

But the equipment in your own arcade allows for a completely immersive experience! This also means that the resort's characteristics can be fully highlighted, and even combined with the high degree of freedom of the game itself, it can lead to more gameplay that is close to the enjoyment of life.

Just thinking about it made Wang Xuanqiao excited. It just so happened that Ling was the 30th member of the arcade. After she became a member, the arcade unlocked the lucky draw feature. It could be said that she had brought a major innovation to the arcade!

"You're my lucky star!" Wang Xuanqiao was about to offer a free meal, but then he remembered he didn't charge money. Thinking it over, he simply ordered takeout and prepared to treat the girl to milk tea.

Ling was not polite and accepted the title of lucky star very calmly, although she didn't know why she became a lucky star.

After ordering milk tea, Ling said she had something else to do and had to leave. Since she had her phone with her, Wang Xuanqiao asked her to connect to the cross-border information exchange station first and told her to text her when the milk tea arrived and ask her to pick it up at the game room.

Ling trotted off. Wang Xuanqiao was tempted to try out the system version of Grand Theft Auto right away, but considering the delivery guy was on his way, he suppressed his urge and continued to sit on the sofa and think about his daily routine.

The game's Teyvat journey has progressed to Nata, the realm of the God of Fire. However, from what Hu Tao had said, it seemed the yellow-haired idiot had only recently arrived in Fontaine, making him a significant version behind. Not surprisingly, the Honkai World was even further behind.

Only on the Starry Sky Railway side, the plot progress is almost the same.

Wang Xuanqiao suddenly thought that the world with the most disparate time flow compared to the game hall happened to be the world of Starry Sky Railway, and he wondered if it was related to this situation.

A short while later, the delivery guy called. Wang Xuanqiao got up and went to the back door to get the milk tea. After closing the door again, he sent a message to Ling, asking her to come to the store to pick up the milk tea.

So, the game hall had a new guest.

"Boss, boss, I brought my brother here to apply for a card." Ling pulled a gray-haired young man into the store.

Although he looked older than Ling, he wasn't much older, probably around the same age. The young man's expression, originally somewhat helpless, suddenly shifted to surprise after entering the arcade.

"I thought it was a store like Goldfinger Games...Isn't this too big?"

"I've already told you, boss, this place is very big! You still don't believe me." Ling pretended to be angry and said to the young man.

But he believed you'd been to another world. Wang Xuanqiao felt something was amiss. Ling's brother clearly believed there was an arcade in another world, but he didn't believe it was that big?

Is it true that in the world of this brother and sister, the other world is a common thing?

While Ling went to get the milk tea, the young man started talking to Wang Xuanqiao.

"Hello, boss." He looked a little reserved. "I'm Ling's brother. My name is Zhe."

"Actually, just call me store manager. If you call me boss, I always feel like I'm missing a gold chain around my neck." Wang Xuanqiao made a little joke with him. After laughing, Zhe was obviously much more relaxed and began to cooperate with the card application process.

Wang Xuanqiao happened to tell him about the new features that the game hall had just unlocked.

"Since you are the 31st member, you can choose not to unlock your exclusive game and convert it into system points. System points can be used to purchase various items in the member mall, and can also be used to participate in the system lottery."

"Personally, I think if you're just here to have fun and haven't encountered any particular difficulties that need to be resolved, you can actually choose to cash out and exchange it for a generous amount of system points. After all, the member mall actually has everything you want, and the lottery pool will also include rewards based on member needs."

After listening to Wang Xuanqiao's introduction, Zhe pondered for a while and decided to cash in the rights to unlock the game.

He thought carefully and realized he hadn't really encountered any difficulties. Even the recent difficulties he had encountered were within his control. If he had to say anything, it was probably because the new AI consumed too much power, which caused a slight financial problem.

You can't unlock a game that allows you to generate electricity, right?

After weighing the pros and cons, Zhe decided a cash discount would be better. If he could get the system points Wang Xuanqiao mentioned, he might be able to directly purchase what he needed. In that case, why bother going through the whole process of playing the game?

Wang Xuanqiao operated on the membership terminal and chose to cash in points for Bangzhe.

[Member: Zhe has chosen to convert unlocked games into system points. The current equivalent is 10000 points. Please check.]

What the hell? Young Master Duo? Ten thousand? What could he have unlocked?

Wang Xuanqiao suddenly felt like he had lost out. He thought that since Ling had already unlocked "GTA5", as her brother, Zhe might really be able to unlock another interesting game.

But biting off more than one can chew. Wang Xuanqiao quickly dismissed this thought. After all, the current game library was already quite large. Let alone completing it, even playing through each one would take a day or two.

"Ah! Anyway, congratulations, you are now the richest member of the arcade."

Wang Xuanqiao handed him Zhe's membership card.

"How about a lottery?"

——The author has something to say——

It's the same old routine. Interested readers can guess what game Zheben will unlock.

The games that each member unlocks are actually designed. There is no such thing as being lazy and not designing it just because the discount function is enabled. Because this discount function determines how many points can be discounted based on the qualifications of the unlocked games, it is not a default of 10,000 points. If that were the case, the system would lose a lot of money.

Of course, some readers may ask: Shouldn't this discount price be linked to the game store? Of course not, because unlocking and purchasing are two different things. It's just like how members get skill rewards for playing exclusive games, but only get points for playing other games.

Also, I found out today that the entire book is 20% off. If anyone likes this kind of subject matter, please recommend it to me. It's a good opportunity to read the book at 20% off.

Volume 178: : Lottery System Launched

"What's the price per draw?"

Zhe was very interested in the lottery, probably because he had just earned 10,000 points and was feeling incredibly proud. Ling, who had been sipping milk tea nearby, heard the mention of the lottery and quickly came over to watch.

"Let me first see what the specific process is."

Wang Xuanqiao opened the system menu and directly found the newly unlocked lottery module.

There was quite a lot of content in the lottery module. Wang Xuanqiao browsed through it roughly and found several functions where he could make substantial intervention.

The first is pricing power. Although it's not a custom price, Wang Xuanqiao, as the system host, can decide what level of pricing to implement. The higher the pricing level, the more luxurious the rewards in the prize pool.

For example, there are five levels of rewards in the prize pool: color, gold, purple, blue, and gray. At the lowest spending level, the probability of winning a gray prize is very high; however, at the highest spending level, the worst case scenario is purple.

But the highest spending tier... honestly, it felt like a pig being slaughtered. Wang Xuanqiao didn't know any of his members could come up with that many points. Even the current Zhe wouldn't have enough for a single draw.

The next step is to decide on the lottery format. There are many different types of lottery draws, including roulette wheels, scratch-off tickets, gashapon machines, and triple-digit lottery draws. The type of lottery you choose will also affect your chances of winning.

However, this effect is actually equivalent to adjusting the upper and lower limits. Although some lower limits are higher, the upper limits are also lowered. Since there is no possibility of empty lottery tickets in the system lottery, some props that favor gambling dogs will be more likely to win gray prizes, but they are also more likely to win colored prizes than other props.

Finally, there's the lottery opening hours. Since the prize pool is fixed, members can pool their resources to drain it completely. Wang Xuanqiao, on the other hand, can decide when to close the prize pool and start the next round.

In other words, if there's a prize in the current lottery pool that a member absolutely must have, Wang Xuanqiao can choose to keep it in the pool until that member takes it. This can be considered a consolation guarantee.

After reading the lottery system, Wang Xuanqiao previewed the prize pool for this period.

Needless to say, the colorful prizes were all good stuff. Wang Xuanqiao saw a bunch of incredible things, like a light cone with a frozen March Seven on the cover, which might reveal her sealed memories; a syringe filled with a colorless liquid, which was said to cleanse the meridians and marrow, giving birth to a new life; and even an ancient book with a blank cover, but the introduction read "Great Grade Celestial Immortal Secret."

The Gold Prizes were relatively straightforward, essentially granting all skills currently possessed by members. Wang Xuanqiao took a quick look and decided the most appealing one might be the "Pastoral Song" Zhongli had requested. Given his current level, winning it would allow him to reach Level 6 directly.

The purple prize, however, was a bit more complex, featuring skills and items. Wang Xuanqiao even saw some familiar gadgets inside, such as the battle mecha, which he had seen in his reincarnation space.

It seems that my system has been caught in the same place as the 'big egg', but after all, both of them involve the so-called heavens and myriad worlds, so it is not surprising that such a situation would occur.

I won't mention the blue prizes; they're mostly consumables, like medicine, food, or small household gadgets. If Wang Xuanqiao had to pull out a powerful item, he'd think it would be a health potion or a recovery potion. This thing really restores health, and can be a temporary replacement for a healing method.

As for the gray prize… I can only say Xing might like it. Anyway, after Wang Xuanqiao saw it, he decided that if he wanted what was inside, he might as well just open his freezer and take it.

After gaining a general understanding of the lottery, Wang Xuanqiao made a decision. He would first run a scratch-off lottery, keeping the upper and lower limits relatively close. He also decided not to set the price too high, just at the lowest level, to allow members to familiarize themselves with the lottery.

"This lottery draw is a scratch-off lottery, and each draw counts for 100 points."

After Wang Xuanqiao finished speaking, he carried the new machine that appeared next to the membership terminal to the counter. It looked a bit like a Polaroid camera, but larger. Below the lens was a small display, about the size of a cell phone screen, where members could choose the number of scratch-off tickets they wanted to purchase.

Zhe and Ling looked at each other, and after discussing it, they decided to draw a card first to test the waters.

So Zhe adjusted the purchase quantity to one and clicked to confirm the purchase.

There was a slight clicking sound from the machine, and then a scratch-off card made of hard paper was spit out.

"Brother, quickly scratch it open and see what it is!" Ling looked even more excited than Zhe and kept urging him.

Wang Xuanqiao was also curious about what the first prize would be after the lottery system went live. If it was a color lottery, that would be amazing, a complete win. Although, for Zhe, the color lottery pool didn't seem to have anything particularly suitable for him...

Zhe felt around and quickly found his house key. He placed the scratch-off ticket on the counter and gently scratched off the coating with his key...

The moment the coating was scraped off, a beam of light flashed in vain!

"Hit, did it hit?" Ling exclaimed when she saw this.

He definitely won. But Wang Xuanqiao didn't have the heart to tell him that he had only won the blue prize, which was close to a guaranteed minimum, because the light just now was blue.

Zhe Ze looked closely and found that behind the coating was a stick figure icon, with an introduction included.

"Energy drink?" Zhe scratched his head. "It can restore stamina and also provide immunity to abnormal sleep states?"

"Eh? That's great, brother. This way I can work the night shift painlessly!" Ling said immediately.

An unsealed bottle of liquid appeared in Zhe's hand. The liquid was a pure yellow, looking a bit like a lemon drowned in it.

After seeing the appearance of this "energy drink", Zhe suddenly looked embarrassed.

This doesn't seem like something you'd drink, does it? He brought the drink up to his nose and sniffed it, finding it had a rather pungent smell, but also a faint sweetness of honey.

Maybe... I could drink it? But I don't have to drink it now.

Zhe put down the Yuanqi drink and decided to take it home and put it in the refrigerator first. It would be best to find a lid to cover the bottle.

"Do you want to continue?" Wang Xuanqiao patted the scratch-off machine and asked with a smile.

“…Another one!” Zhe bought another one, deciding to make it an even number, as good things come in pairs.

Unfortunately, Zhe was unlucky this time. He didn't even get the blue prize, but only got the gray prize in the scratch-off lottery with a stable lower limit.

The prize was a bucket of milk, but it was pixelated and steaming, as if it was freshly squeezed...

"Good. This thing might be able to detoxify. Even if it can't work for you, it's good for taking the heat off the food." Wang Xuanqiao knew from the appearance of this thing that it came from MC, and couldn't help laughing.

"But can you really drink this?" Ling squinted at the pixelated metal bucket and said, "Will drinking it turn me into pixels too?"

"Probably not." Zhe thought calmly and came up with the answer, "If it could turn people into pixels, it shouldn't stay in the gray prize area. It would definitely be higher than the blue prize area."

"That's exactly what happened." Wang Xuanqiao nodded, agreeing with Zhe's theory. "If it can turn people into pixelated people, then it means it has the ability to change life forms. Such a prop won't stay in the gray prize area. It should be guaranteed to be gold or above."

Hearing this, Ling stretched out her finger, carefully dipped it in the iron bucket, and then quickly put it into her mouth.

"Um...it's milk."

Zhe suddenly felt helpless, but he was holding an iron bucket in one hand and a Yuanqi drink in the other. He felt like he wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only laugh awkwardly.

"Let's stop here for today," Zhe said to Ling, "We should go back to the store. We still have things to deal with during the Golden Week holiday."

"Okay, then let's play together next time, brother."

The brother and sister said goodbye to Wang Xuanqiao, and then left the arcade together, carrying the bucket. But Wang Xuanqiao couldn't help laughing whenever he thought of the two of them carrying the bucket of milk.

It seems the Gray Award isn't completely useless after all! At least it can bring a smile to someone's face.

Well... such a fun lottery must be announced to all members. Thinking of this, Wang Xuanqiao immediately picked up the terminal and opened the previously created group chat dedicated to the arcade - [It must be miHoYo's doing].

Then, he invited all the members who had been added as friends but had not yet been added to the group chat to the group one by one.

——The author has something to say——

PS: The 'energy drink' in this chapter's lottery item comes from the "Monster Hunter" series, and the bucket of milk comes from "Minecraft".