This Game Is Too Realistic - Chapter 280.2

Sun Shiqi rolled his eyes, took a sip of beer, and didn’t give Old Hooke an answer.

He made a small fortune recently, but he was not stupid.

The smooth taste of the beer made his mood slightly better. Just when he was about to inquire about some business information, the wooden door of the hotel suddenly burst open and a dusty figure walked in.

Hooke looked at the man and asked like he always did. "How can I help?"

"I’m looking for someone..."

Noticing Sun Shiqi standing by the bar counter, Zhou Nan’s eyes lit up, and he immediately walked over to him quickly. "Hey, friend, I was looking for you!"

Sun Shiqi recognized him. He remembered that the man lived in the hotel on the other street. When he first came to Longevity Town, the man had invited him to go to Boulder Town together.

"Give him a cup of beer... And two skewers of char-grilled lizard meat, and put it on my tab."

"Okay." Hooke turned and walked towards the back kitchen.

"You’re welcome," Sun Shiqi looked at him and asked, "What can I do for you?"

"About the plan I proposed before." With a smile on his face, Zhou Nan continued, "We plan to leave for Boulder Town at noon tomorrow, so we want to know what your decision is."

Sun Shiqi made a helpless expression. "My order is delayed, and I don’t know if it will be delivered tomorrow. I’m really sorry. I’m afraid I have to stay here for a day or two."

Zhou Nan said regretfully, "That’s really a pity."

Sun Shiqi looked at him and asked curiously, "Have you gathered enough people?"

Zhou Nan said with a smile, "No, but I heard that the battle near the fourth ring in the north is over. Those blue coats have solved the problem with the Hive. Regardless of whether the Tide in other places is over or not, at least the Tide in the northern suburbs is over. So now is the best time to go to Boulder Town! My partners and I have studied the map carefully. If we walked west along the fifth ring before going north again, we can reach our destination very safely”

Sun Shiqi looked at him enviously and asked, "... Is it convenient to tell me what kind of business you are doing?"

Most of the businesses that everyone could come into contact with were similar, so Zhou Nan didn’t deliberately hide it. He said happily, "Salt and brimstone. These are the best sellers there, especially during the time of the Tide! Oh yes, there are also gas masks and the Devil’s Cloth from the trading post."

Zhou Nan couldn’t help but sigh with emotion, "There are so many good things here, and they are of good quality and cheap! Do you know how much the nutrient cream here is? The wholesale price of a ton is only 299 silver coins!"

299 silver coins...

That was equivalent to one and a half assault rifles?

There were all kinds of strange currencies in the wasteland, and the same currency would have a different value ​​in different regions. So Sun Shiqi subconsciously made a conversion in his head.

When he realized how cheap it was, he was shocked. "Are you sure?! You can almost get 2 assault rifles for a ton of nutrient cream?!"

In Boulder Town, the retail price of nutrient cream was 1 to 2 chips per kilogram, and the wholesale price was 300 to 400 chips per ton.

If it was calculated in Drone assault rifles, they could buy 2 of them with change to spare!

And that was based on the fact that the latter was also not cheap.

Noticing the shock on Sun Shiqi’s face, Zhou Nan gave him a strange look, as if he was surprised there were still people who didn’t know about it.

But he realized that the man had only been here for two days. So he continued with a smile, "Isn’t it shocking? I was taken aback when I first found out as well! I suspect that the cost of the nutrient cream produced by Ditway Food Processing Factory is not even 200 silver coins per ton! If I have money, I want to open a factory here as well!"

The bank in Longevity Town would give out loans, but not everyone could borrow money from the bank.

There were 3 conditions that borrowers had to meet.

Either they had the technology, equipment, or they had sufficient contributions to the local economy.

As a traveling merchant from the south, it happened that he didn’t have any of them.

However, that did not prevent him from transporting nutrient cream to the south to exchange for grain or livestock, and then transporting the livestock back to exchange for silver coins.

Zhou Nan had researched the day before and found that the demand for livestock in Longevity Town was quite strong. A two-headed oxen could be sold for at least 3,000 or 4,000 silver coins!

If he transported 2 or 3 tons of nutrient cream to the south, he could easily buy 1 or 2 two-headed oxen from the farm owners and ranchers there with the local currency exchanged.

Seeing this friend’s eyes full of excitement, Zhou Nan chuckled, "Brother, do you want to partner up? We can raise some money to set up a factory together. I’ve done some research. As long as we buy some second-hand equipment from Boulder Town, we can set up this factory with just 200,000 chips."

Sun Shiqi admitted that he was really tempted.

But after hesitating for a while, he finally shook his head. "... I admit that this proposal is very tempting, but it is too far to go to Brocade River Province, and it may take half a month to go back and forth."

The northern suburbs had the weapons and food that Red River Town lacked the most, while the latter had the mines and people that the former needed.

He could also make a lot of money by selling the slaves and mines that were brought from Red River Town, and then exchanging the profits for more rifles and food.

There were many ways to get rich, but he wouldn’t be able to take them all by himself. The key was to focus on managing his current trade route well, which was the best approach.

Sun Shiqi already had a plan in mind. He planned to save some money to buy some trucks, build a large caravan, and then take all the copper business from here to Red River Town.

The demand for copper was the strongest as they needed them to lay wires and make bullets. Moreover, the price was always stable; it was much more cost effective to trade it than steel.

After earning hundreds of thousands of silver coins, he planned to buy a piece of land on the street in the north, build a warehouse first, and then build a mill.

If he was lucky enough to catch the autumn harvest, he could grind the harvested corn and wheat into flour. At that time, whether he sold it to Red River Town, Boulder Town or Garbage City, he would be able to make a fortune.

The unit price of food was not high, but the gross profit had never been low. After all, not everyone would wear shoes, but everyone had to eat.

It was a cold winter the year before. So they would have a good harvest. Food prices would definitely be very cheap.

While Sun Shiqi was thinking about his future, Zhou Nan, who was sitting next to him, felt a little pity. But he didn’t say much, and raised his cup. "It’s such a pity. If we join forces, we will definitely become the largest grain merchant in Clearspring City."

"It’s not a pity. There are plenty of opportunities to make a fortune," Sun Shiqi raised his cup as well, and said with a smile, "I wish Boss Zhou a successful future!"

"Haha, thank you for your kind words, brother! May we all have a successful business in the future!"

Despite the two blushing from drinking, they kept drinking one cup after another, talking happily.

Hooke, who was sitting behind the bar counter, listened to the two bragging, with a smile on his wrinkled face. He added a few words of praise from time to time.

No matter how they would get rich, they would still need to pay for the drinks.

Of course he would be even happier if they could buy a few more cups.

In the end, Zhou Nan walked out of the hotel holding the wall, while Sun Shiqi passed out on the bar counter and was carried back to the room by the hotel staff at midnight.

When Sun Shiqi woke up early the next morning and saw the bill on the bedside table, he sobered up instantly, and he turned livid.

"220 silver coins?!"

What the hell did he drink last night?!

...

Official website forum.

Usually, it was the peak activity game time for players. There were normally fewer people on the official website, but it was different that day. It was very lively.

Quit Smoking: I can’t get online anymore!

Darkest: Me too! Weird.

Similar posts popped up one after another, and many LV9 players were pleasantly surprised to find that they had broken through the bottleneck as soon as they put on their helmets!

In particular, the most surprised one was undoubtedly Garbage.

He had been stuck on the hurdle of LV9 for almost a month!

He finally broke through it this time!

Garbage: Hahahaha, my character awakened! It finally awakened!

Looking at the prompt in the upper right corner of the official website, Garbage burst into tears with excitement.

How long has it been since he created his account?

As the first few batches of lucky players who entered the game, and a player who had a special in-game character, it should have been an exciting experience for him to play the game, but he happened to bump into the cold winter that happened once every N years in the future.

Coupled with the debuff where he could gain experience slowly, he almost ended the alpha test before reaching LV10.

Seeing his juniors successfully awaken one by one, he was the only person to know how it felt. It hadn’t been an easy journey!

Night Ten: Holy shit, Garbage has awakened?!

Escaping Mole: Shock! Will he turn into a Deathclaw?!

Garbage: How is it possible? But I’ve indeed become stronger. I feel like I can fight the Deathclaw at the west gate! (Grin)

Ample Time: Brother, show us your attribute panel!

Tail: Hurry up! Show us! (｀・ω・´)

Under the instigation of everyone, Garbage finally couldn’t restrain the urge to show off, and posted his attribute panel in the post.

[ID: Garbage]

[Genetic sequence: Mutants·lizardman]

[Level: LV9→LV10]

[Attributes]

[Strength: 17→27]

[Agility: 9→14]

[Constitution: 9→14]

[Perception:

[Intelligence: 2→3]

[Talent]

[Cold-blooded. More stealthy, and slower action in low-temperature environments.]

[Rough Hand. Higher endurance, and difficult to operate complex machinery.]

[Physical regeneration. Stronger resilience, difficult to level up genetic sequence level.]

[Boiling Blood. Remove the debuff brought by the "Cold Blood" talent for a certain period of time, and gain 10%~20% increases in the strength and constitution attributes]

The moment the attribute panel was posted, the comment area below the post was instantly flooded with replies!

Tail: ?

Quit Smoking: ???

Night Ten: What the fuck?!

Spring Water Commander: Are you cheating?!

Sideline Slacking: Oh my god… These stats are ridiculous!

Old White: Are you sure it’s not a bug?!

Construction Boy: Devs! I’m begging you, please nerf him!

In just a few minutes, everyone started bitching about balancing the lizardman.

They used all means to achieve their goals, as if the test would not be able to continue the next day if Garbage’s in-game character was not nerfed.

Of course, some people were just joking.

The only person who didn’t find it funny was Garbage.

Seeing that everyone started calling the developers, Garbage panicked immediately. He continued to type.

Garbage: Damn you all! My character is much bigger than yours. So is it really too much to have slightly higher attributes?

Quit Bullshit: Yes, it is! It’s one thing to have high attributes, but why do you have to post it to make me feel envious?! (Losing mind)

Makka Pakka: Exactly! Which decent human being would do this? (Losing mind)

Garbage: ??? Are you freaking kidding me?! You asked me to post it!

Damn these people! Just how shameless can they be!

Just when Garbage was arguing with other players, an announcement suddenly popped up on the official website, saving him from the fight. Because of this sudden update announcement, both players and cloud gamers were attracted to it.

[Announcement: Wasteland Online will start beta testing in 6 days. Stay tuned for the new version!]