Chapter 16: Get Rich
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
With the large group of people, they were at an advantage. After Ye Xue’er resurrected her character, the team successfully located Wu Guoyi and Li Tianxia under Ye Xue’er’s lead. They surrounded Wu Guoyi and Li Tianxia before they effortlessly killed the two of them.
Naturally, the two big men of the game were upset. They immediately gathered some of their employees and other players who had been killed by Ye Xue’er to form a team in order to counter the attack.
The first ever extensive conflict in Battle Online had begun. Both of the squads continued to grow bigger and stronger, all determined to vanquish their opponents.
The next day, Lu Wu was woken up by Bei Li as she hurriedly dragged him in front of the computer.
“What happened?” Lu Wu, half-awake, asked in confusion as he rubbed his eyes.
“Read the comments in the game!” Bei Li said as she put on a grim expression.
Lu Wu fixed his gaze on the monitor and was baffled to see the swamp of comments. His eyes were wide in shock when he read them.
Ye_Xueer_is_the_cutest: “I’m calling for soul coins and offering 500 for one. Besides, the Association of the Guardian Angels is recruiting!”
Watermelon_Taro: “I need soul coins urgently and will pay for all the soul coins you can offer. All the players who have soul coins please message me privately!”
A_Mammoth (aka Li Tianxia): “Association of the Guardian Angels is rubbish. They kill the innocents. Bar the association! Everyone is welcome to join the Avengers!”
Peppa_Boar: “I’m offering 600 for one to buy all the soul coins. I want to kill all the idiots from the Association of the Guardian Angels.”
The comments flooded the entire page while new comments continued to show up.
Other than the fight between Ye Xue’er’s Association of the Guardian Angels and Wu Guoyi’s Avengers, all the other players were trying to purchase soul coins.
Lu Wu ran through the comments and realized that the price of soul coins had skyrocketed from 100:1 to 1:700 within merely a few hours under Ye Xue’er’s influence.
Even with this price, a lot of players who were trying to spend money in-game found no place for them to spend it in.
“We’re going to be rich!” Bei Li’s eyes were beaming with joy.
At this instant, she was already imagining the unlimited supply of delicious food she was going to have, almost drooling.
Lu Wu was very astonished as well. Based on his knowledge, soul coins were considerably scarce in this game. He did not expect that the morale of the players would be pumped up so significantly.
For the past few days, an innumerable number of gamers had joined this platform. Other than paying the players who had completed their quests, Lu Wu had earned almost ten thousand soul coins for himself. In short, he would be able to obtain seven million in cash if he sold off all his soul coins.
Being overwhelmed with joy, Lu Wu was feeling a little light-headed.
However, when he recomposed himself, he weighed the entire scenario. Eventually, he decided not to put all his soul coins on sale. Although this was going to notably improve the players’ abilities, the soul coins were equally useful for him, too.
According to Bei Li, they had to spend at least 50,000 soul coins in order to rebuild Beiqi’s Mansion of the Dead. In fact, his soul coins were barely sufficient. However, he reckoned that he would also be able to survive his coming days if he was prudent enough to spend his soul coins wisely.
After he pondered over the situation, Lu Wu decided to trade 500 soul coins in exchange for cash, but definitely not with his official identity.
However, Lu Wu wanted to get a gist of the background story before he put his soul coins on sale.
“It has only been a night since I last checked the game. What actually happened?” Lu Wu asked curiously.
Being someone who forwent her sleep and kept her eyes on the game uninterrupted, Bei Li, the game master, was very familiar with the whole incident.
She giggled and said, “While you were fast asleep, two new forces have risen in the game. One is the Association of Guardian Angels that was founded by Ye Xue’er, while the other was the Avengers under the lead of Wu Guoyi.”
“They have declared war because of all the player killings that happened before and have been fighting the whole night. Now, they have finally confronted each other and are determined to find out the final winner. Whenever they meet any player who has formed an alliance with their enemy, they will attack them unsparingly!”
“Due to the heated fight, the soul coins have quickly become important resources because the players need the soul coins to upgrade their skills within a short period of time and I reckon that both the parties are backed by some wealthy men. Subsequently, the battle blew up.”
Upon hearing her explanation, Lu Wu was shocked. He did not expect to witness a civil war before the main quest had even started.
However, Lu Wu had no intention to interfere, thinking that the fight might not necessarily be a bad thing. It could actually motivate the players and make the game more intriguing.
“Lu Wu, Lu Wu. Hurry up and think of a way to sell your soul coins!” Bei Li clutched and swung Lu Wu’s arm.
“Hmm. But I can’t do it with my official identity.”
“Then, sell it as a user,” Bei Li suggested succinctly.
Lu Wu shared the same thought as Bei Li. After a brief discussion, Lu Wu put on the virtual reality headset, clicked on Battle Online’s icon and logged into the game.
Lu Wu chose a mage as his character class.
It was difficult being a mage at the beginning of the game. Other than the Yin energy Bomb, which was just a basic skill, a mage was not equipped with any other damaging skills.
However, Lu Wu understood that this character class had great potential.
Actually, Lu Wu and Bei Li were already working on the skills of the character classes.
But, before they could debut the skills, Lu Wu was required to rebuild Beiqi’s Mansion of the Dead. According to Bei Li, in the Sutra depository within the Mansion of the Dead, there were many journals regarding the spells of the underworld and books which discussed the Art of War.
When Beiqi’s Mansion of the Dead was restored, he could enter the cultivating technique into the artifact and added another new skill to the shop’s skill purchasing column. Then, the players would be able to develop their skills effectively.
The mage, a relatively weak character class, would usually surpass the other character classes toward the end of the game. That was also the reason why a mage always carried better equipment compared to the other character classes.
However, he needed some time to collect 50,000 soul coins. For now, he could only fight through the initial stage of the game with pure force.
After he chose his character class, Lu Wu officially logged into the game as a player in a sackcloth with a black wand in his hand.
He checked his bag and realized that the game master, Bei Li, had granted him 500 soul coins.
Lu Wu threw a quick glimpse at the Mansion of the Dead that had now turned into a ruin before he promptly began his journey to find the important client following Bei Li’s orders.
Ye Xue’er was undoubtedly the one who needed the most soul coins at this moment. Therefore, she was naturally Lu Wu’s first and foremost targeted client.
Being an authorized user, Lu Wu easily located the blinking purple label on the map.
That was Bei Li’s way to guide Lu Wu to Ye Xue’er’s live location.
At this instant, Ye Xue’er led the team of hundreds to the entrance of the Ghost Mountains, planning to vanquish all the players of the Avengers.
Lu Wu exited the newbie zone, made sure that he was alone before he summoned a cloud of Yin energy to rapidly send him to Ye Xue’er’s current location.
When he was hundreds of meters away from Ye Xue’er, he dismissed the cloud of Yin energy. Not wanting to be conspicuous, he decided to approach Ye Xue’er by foot.
When Lu Wu arrived before the crowd, hundreds of pairs of eyes were fixed on him.
“Boy, are you a member of the Avengers?” a berserker stopped him in his tracks.
“I’m here to find Ye Xue’er. I want to sell her my soul coins!”
“You’re looking for me?” Ye Xue’er jumped off the tree and landed right in front of Lu Wu.
Looking at Ye Xue’er, whose equipment was mostly blue, Lu Wu put on a faint grin and said, “I heard that you’re interested in buying soul coins. I have some to sell!”
“How much do you have? I want all of them. Quote me a price.”
“How about one for 700? I suppose that’s the current market rate.”
“Fine. How much do you have? I want them all!” Ye Xue’er agreed with completely no contemplation.
“I have 500 of them!” Lu Wu gently smiled.
“What?”