It was rare to go out to buy breakfast in the morning. He was queuing up at a steamed stuffed bun shop when someone suddenly said something like this, which made Li Xiao think he was in a game.
He looked back and saw a somewhat familiar uncle, and nodded politely, "Taken in."
——Such a person is also a player? I can’t tell.
"Gold or silver?"
"……silver medal"
"Silver medal? That's okay. Keep working hard. Our family has won the gold medal and has reached level 10 after the national server battle."
——It turned out to be a show off.
Li Xiao secretly rolled his eyes, twitched his lips and smiled. The people in the queue suddenly became lively. They were asking questions, envious ones, talking about the battle of the national server, there were many people who were very clear-headed.
"...His family is about to become prosperous. Tsk tsk, there is a player and a gold medal."
"Even if you don't have a gold medal, you are already well-off. Look at it now. It's like robbing money. Our daughter downstairs is only 17 or 18 years old. She earns more in one day than I earn in a month. I heard that she can't even do it.
Okay, I’ll work for people every day.”
"Can I still work for people in the game?"
"Of course you can. Work for other players, NPCs, and the system. The salary is very high."
"... In this world, hard work, waking up early and being greedy at night are not as good as lying in bed and playing games. It is really incomprehensible."
"It's just that you can't understand. You've become an antique."
Li Xiao's family had just moved to this community, and he didn't know any of his neighbors, so no one came to talk to him. He listened to the envy and complaints before buying breakfast for the family.
Facing the biting cold wind and scattered light snow, he turned up the collar of his coat, put on his mask, and plunged into the early morning fireworks.
On the way back, he was still thinking about who the 'Ran Ran' from the uncle's house just now was. He knew him in the game and lived very close to him in real life. He knew him, but he didn't know him, but he was at a disadvantage.
After thinking about it, he turned around and went back, staying near the bun shop, waiting for the old man to come out of the bun shop with a smile, and followed quietly.
Sure enough, they lived in the same community, but not in the same building. Li Xiao lived on the 10th floor, and his uncle's house was on the 7th floor, very close to each other. He silently wrote down the house number of his house before turning around and going back.
When he got home, the buns were completely cold. His mother complained to him and went into the kitchen to get busy.
Not long after moving here, he didn’t know how to use many things in the house, especially the increasingly smart things. At first, Li Xiao only thought about moving in with his bags, how convenient, how high-tech, how comfortable, how spacious and how to make real estate.
The agent took the opportunity to recommend this large house that was difficult to sell. The previous owner spared no effort in decorating it. Unexpectedly, natural disasters and man-made disasters prevented the enjoyment of this smart home, which was a huge advantage for Li Xiao and his family.
Not long after he became a player, Li Xiaotong didn't withdraw much money from the game. The house was mortgaged, including the down payment.
Although the player's identity is not as valuable as before, the 'money path' is well known to the world, and the bank is not afraid that he will not be able to repay it.
"Your third aunt called last night and came to borrow money again..."
The breakfast was very rich. After his family's situation improved, Li Xiao seemed to want to make up for all his previous debts. Every time he watched TV, he saw that people's three meals a day were all dazzling and exquisite. Growing up, he only had a steamed bun and pickles to solve the problem.
I am particularly particular about food. I ask for three meals to be different. As long as I am not online, I ask for this and that. If I don’t know how to cook, I will order takeout.
Steamed buns, fried dough sticks, soy milk, tofu curd, shrimp dumplings, noodles... Almost all the breakfast options that small cities can come up with are on the dining table.
In the past, if he dared to make such a request, his mother would definitely give him a slap in the face, but now it's different, she obeys him in all matters big and small.
There are many children in the family. Li Xiao has six brothers and sisters, and he is the eldest. His parents were former superborn guerrillas and were famous all over the country.
The poorer you are, the poorer you are, and the poorer you are, you will be laughed at and looked down upon.
This has entered a new era, and the country has also promoted three children. These are finally no longer problems. Li Xiao did not solve the household registration problem until he was 12 years old.
Now the elder brother and sister in front of him are either married or working outside. He is not yet 18 years old, and his mother is already 60. Last year at this time, he was still living with his elder brother and sister, taking care of their children, working, and looking at his daughter-in-law's face.
When Li Xiao came to the door, his nose was not a nose, and his eyes were not eyes...
Immediately after winning the lottery, he picked up his mother, who had just been diagnosed with coronary heart disease. Before he could get rich, seven aunts and eight aunts came to visit him. Suddenly, the unfamiliar relationship became warmer, and everyone
Closer than siblings.
"How much will you borrow this time?"
Li Xiao drank his porridge and asked without raising his head.
"I didn't say anything on the phone, but your uncle was undergoing surgery and he is still in the hospital bed..."
"I'll transfer 20,000 yuan later. You can give them 10,000 yuan without asking them to pay it back. Just say what you like, but there will be no next time."
"Hmm..." Li Xiao's mother's face full of ditches bloomed with a smile.
Li Xiao sighed inwardly and looked at Nuo Da's house. The exquisite decoration, furniture, and furnishings were just like those on TV.
However, the high-end smart home and the material life that I once envied still seem to be missing something. It doesn't feel like a home, but more like a hotel.
He knew that my mother was living in a very uncomfortable place. She was at a loss as to what to do with the smart flushing toilet, luxurious jacuzzi and so on. Li Xiao was the same, but he forced himself and his mother to adapt. No one is born with it, and no one deserves to be like this for the rest of his life.
If you suffer from poverty, why can others enjoy it but your own family cannot?
"I'm going online."
"oh oh."
It was a big deal for her son to go online to make money. Li Xiao's mother stood up quickly as if she was sending her son off to the battlefield. She nervously wiped her hands on her apron, looking like she was trying to help but didn't know what to do.
The largest bedroom served as Li Xiao's computer room.
The brand new game warehouse is decorated with a sci-fi feel, and there is a matching Shenlong 2 computer next to it.
He first sat in front of the computer and checked the latest exchange rate.
The exchange rate satisfied him. Since the start of the war on the national server, the exchange rate has experienced a skyrocketing. The massive supply of money from tens of millions of players online seems unable to change the huge contradiction between supply and demand. After a war, the national server has certainly established a massive currency supply.
Materials are also consumed.
Nowadays, everything is in short supply in the online market, especially money and copper coins.
The exchange rate has returned to the incredible and exaggerated height of 1:200.
Twenty thousand yuan is only 1 silver, but the handling fee including various miscellaneous taxes also costs 1 silver. The black market is cheaper, but it is not safe and there is a possibility of being hacked.
Li Xiao hesitated for a moment, then logged into his Chinese server account and transferred 10 silver to his offline account.
The amount received is a little over 78,000, which is enough for the bank's mortgage and expenses during this period.
In fact, Li Xiao is not doing well in the game. These money are really hard-earned money. He saved them one coin at a time. It is not as easy as those outside think.
After transferring 10 silver, he felt a little pain in his body, and he didn't dare to waste time. He quickly lay down in the game warehouse where installment payment was still being made, put on his helmet, and logged into the game.
Canaan, national server, safe zone A001.
The entire safe zone is a big construction site. In order to accommodate thousands of players, the city walls have been pushed down and built up. The plan has been changed again and again, which has wasted countless money and resources. Now it is going to be expanded again?
It is so inefficient and wasteful to leave the system authority and resources in the hands of offline people. How simple it would be for the system to manage it. Once the data is changed, the safe zone will rise from the ground, and all the desired functions can be realized in seconds.
, it’s not as troublesome as the national server.
Li Xiao just glanced at it and hurried to a place in the city.
I met an endless stream of players along the way, and there were so many tasks that even twice as many players couldn’t complete them. I didn’t see many players who had not yet reached level 5 also joined the national server, just because of the
The mission threshold is very low and the pay is decent.
The task release points are centralized. Thank God, there is no need to queue up. The national server employs multi-threaded NPCs, each of which can handle interactive behaviors at the same time. Players only need to get close and activate the corresponding options.
Li Xiao must hurry up and reach level 10.
You can join the Adventurer's Guild at level 10. The tasks there are a level higher than those outside, and there are also hidden benefits such as experience, equipment, and various materials.
'Ah, it's you, player Dawn. What, are you already level 9? Are you still employed? Time flies so fast, I still remember the moment when you just woke up...'
NCP is usually a lot of nonsense, but you can't skip it, as skipping will affect your favorability.
Although the favorability of the functional NPC is not very important, it is still used in some places. Li Xiao patiently listened to him and saw the same with other players.
Silver medals have no title or cloak, but merit can be obtained on the battlefield, and merit can be traded, so in the end it is still a question of money.
Li Xiao didn't have enough money, so he still wore his old novice uniform after he took office. Others just thought that he had not taken office yet, and he was inconspicuous among a large number of players who had not taken office yet.
‘...The construction of the national server depends on each of us. Players are dawning at dawn. I am short of manpower here. Can you do me a favor?
"I would like to serve you."
"Very well, let's go find architect Delt. This guy has nagged me many times..."
After successfully receiving the task of 'moving bricks at the construction site', Li Xiao pinched his nose, turned around and ran towards a construction site.
In the Sun Temple under construction, the task assigned to Li Xiao by the architect Delt is to carry the wood. The wood that has been repaired by the player craftsmen will be carried to the construction site.
There are a lot of such tasks with no technical content in the national server, which treat players as coolies. Players who are even a little bit dissatisfied don't bother to do it, but they are one of the few choices for most newbies.
Naturally, Li Xiao didn't know about "game diversion". He just felt that he was far away from the mainstream game processes such as monsters, quests, upgrades, explosive equipment, titles, cloaks, and combat power. When he went online, he was either moving bricks, mining, or helping people.
I was doing odd jobs for several days, but I didn't kill any monsters. My level was also raised to level 9, and I even got a silver medal.
A silver medal is already very good, but if he hadn't been clever and shameless enough to sneak into the team led by the 'master', he wouldn't be in office yet.
After moving bricks for an hour, the system gave 5 coppers, one-third of the experience of level 9 and 15 national server points. These national server points are the same as meritorious deeds, and can also be exchanged for title cloaks.
Unexpectedly, he was given a surprise in the end. When the NPC made the final settlement, he said that he had been working hard and conscientiously for the construction of the national server for a long time, so he was specially rewarded with a piece of equipment that needed to be appraised.
It's a double wristband.
Is there such a good thing?
Li Xiaoxi was at a loss. This was the first time he had encountered this kind of thing. The thought that he might be able to identify green or even blue equipment made him feel dizzy.
I went to identify it in a daze.
The appraisal fee was as high as 1 silver, which made him a little dumbfounded. With such a huge fee, if the appraisal turned out to be rubbish, the loss would be huge. After working hard for an hour to move bricks, he only got 5 coppers.
I quickly chatted privately with a few game friends.
Birds of a feather flock together, and his friends didn't give him any good advice. Apart from complaining about "Why don't I have such a good thing?", most of them suggested that he just sell it. He could still sell it at a high price without an appraisal. If he gets an appraisal, he might pay for the appraisal.
You can't even earn it back.
Li Xiao was a little unwilling to give in. He hesitated after touching the one-yin appraisal fee.
1 silver!
It is said that players can earn money easily, and it is indeed easy to earn money. If you go out and swipe monsters, you may earn a day's salary of an ordinary person, but the price is also high. This is the same as going to developed countries to swipe dishes earlier. The game
No amount of money is enough to earn money and spend money in games, there is no limit.
The gap between the rich and the poor in Canaan is too big. 1 silver is nothing to most old players, it is just the price of a bottle of red medicine.
The exchange rate has soared, the national costumes are feasting, and the money flowing into the market is like a flood. But strangely, it feels like there is less money in circulation. In the past, gold coins were rarely seen, and silver coins have become "big banknotes".
Don't know what the reason is.
After much hesitation, Li Xiao was still unwilling to sell it and wanted to take a gamble, just once.
I paid a silver appraisal fee, but the result was neither the best nor the worst.
To his surprise, it was a green suit.
The only fly in the ointment is that it's just a level 12 ranger equipment, and its attributes are not very good. There are no attributes that are in high demand. I can barely earn back the appraisal fee. Maybe I can buy it at a higher price without appraisal. My friend really hit the mark.
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Disappointed, I posted the picture on the regional channel and shouted loudly. The highest bid was 11 silver, no more, no less, which just made up for the shortfall of exchanging money offline today.
Then I thought about it and I was delighted. After all, it was an unexpected gain, wasn't it?
——I hope my luck will get better from now on.
He was also a ranger, and from beginning to end, he never considered leaving the equipment for his own use.
There is no end to moving bricks, there are countless tasks, and there is mining later. When you get tired of mining, there is gathering. When you get tired of gathering, there is still farming, or you can work as a hired worker for the national server or NPC...
The progress bar from level 9 to level 10 is also growing slowly, so much so that when you are about to go offline, the experience bar is full.
Looking back at this time, safe zone A001 has been named Maple Leaf Town. Together with hundreds of national server safe zones, it is distributed on the vast national server map. Thanks to the hard work of countless players like him, the town has become a large town.
Things have changed, various infrastructures have been initially established, and even the teleportation array has been activated.
With the national server, the novice village that rents the system can be returned. A large number of newbies who are not even level 5 are transferred to the national server. Maple Leaf Town also gets a lot of them. These players are far less mixed than his 6-test players.
They are really like a bunch of beggars. They didn’t even get the bonus from the national server battle, and they don’t know how to play.
More than the best, more than the worst. Seeing them, Li Xiao's pressure was relieved a lot.
——Join the Adventurer's Guild tomorrow.
Although the tasks in the national server are good and can be completed without leaving the safe zone, there are too few opportunities for training. In the long run, I am afraid that people will be tied to various positions just like reality, and they will completely become someone else's supporting role.
