Chapter 96: New Money-Making Ideas
Seeing that Fat Wang had been thoroughly fooled… I mean, deeply moved, Xu Xiaofeng began to outline her third goal.
Which was to make money.
“Hey, Fatty! Remember when you asked me how to invest the allowance your dad gave you? Well, now’s your chance!”
“Oh right! I have a hundred thousand gold coins, and I’m down to ninety thousand now.”
“What? How did you spend it so fast?”
Fat Wang stood up proudly, flaunting his equipment.
“Didn’t I get myself a decent set? Then I spent a little on someone to boost my levels.”
“…”
Xu Xiaofeng was left speechless.
That was her money!
“You spent that much on this garbage? Hand it over to me, and I’ll get you a strong set.”
“Brother Feng has connections?”
“Duh.”
In the market, NPCs sold standard equipment with average stats and no special effects, just enough to give a hint of a set bonus effect.
Fat Wang’s equipment came from scrapping pieces from different players, slightly better than the standard blue gear, but still nothing to write home about.
“Speaking of which, what level are the connections you know that can get gear?”
Fat Wang had his own network, after all. Being part of the wealthy crowd meant he’d picked up a bit of insider info along the way.
“The blue gear I got is the top tier, but as for purple gear, I can’t manage that. Those people keep their info on the down-low. But didn’t Nuclear Bomb Little Sister get one last time? That was definitely top-notch.”
“Got it… Looks like there’s a huge demand for that kind of gear.”
A smirk crept onto Xu Xiaofeng’s face. She suddenly had a brilliant money-making idea. We’re talking serious cash here!
She hadn’t focused much on equipment before because she thought they were all garbage.
She had her own set of purple gear and a golden sword handy, plus her exclusive set was the Golden Legend.
“Introduce me to your insiders and give me a ballpark figure on prices, and I’ll see if I can hook you up with some equipment.”
After Fat Wang’s introduction, Xu Xiaofeng got the lowdown.
The pricing of players’ equipment was primarily based on NPC prices.
White gear was total junk, where NPCs priced it by the pound—something none of the wealthy players would touch.
Standard green gear was priced at a few to several gold coins by NPCs, and player-to-player trades fluctuated around the same range.
When it came to blue gear, the prices would differ: standard equipment ranged from dozens to hundreds of gold coins, while non-standard prices typically went two to three times higher. If a special effect popped up, the price could skyrocket tenfold.
Most wealthy players wouldn’t even dream of aiming for purple gear early on; they could only roll with blue gear prices.
And purple gear? It was like trying to cross an ocean compared to blue gear.
In the game “Otherworld,” equipment had a special attribute: durability, representing how worn out the gear was.
White gear had a durability of 30 points; green and blue gear had 100 points; purple and gold gear? A whopping 1000 points!
And it’s not that gear just because its durability hasn’t hit 0 means it’s good to go indefinitely.
Take blue gear, for instance: 100 durability means it’s pristine, 60 shows wear and tear, 30 is seriously banged up, and at 0, it’s out of commission.
If your gear’s durability is compromised and you don’t pay attention during battle, using a damaged part for attack or defense means you’re in for a rough ride—potentially resulting in failure!
Purple gear follows the same principle, but thanks to fancy materials and methods, it boasts an additional 900 durability points over blue gear.
Translation? A purple or gold item only starts showing clear wear after 940 points of durability depletion.
As long as you regularly maintain and repair your equipment, you’ll avoid any nasty surprises—unless you’re recklessly fighting for days on end.
Occasionally, things get extreme.
If you run into a high-level foe capable of one-shotting you, wearing blue gear means you’re toast with a single hit, equipment included—no arguing there.
But, if you’re rocking purple gear, their hit won’t immediately obliterate your durability. You might even walk away with a sliver of health!
Of course, this only applies to piercing or cutting attacks; if it’s a blunt force and the spot getting hit isn’t covered, bye-bye!
Even with piercing or slicing, in such a huge power gap, that first hit will send you flying; even a light bump could do you in.
This game is just so realistic!
In short, don’t mess with monsters you can’t handle.
Gold gear has an added feature of automatic durability recovery on top of its purple counterpart.
Like Xu Xiaofeng’s exclusive Little Red Riding Hood set, it cleans itself and restores durability automatically—no more worries!
In reality, the upgrade from gear quality doesn’t exaggerate attributes too much; maybe a 10 to 20% boost. But durability-wise? The price gap between purple and blue gear can explode by over a hundred times, and it only climbs from there depending on special effects.
That’s why Xu Xiaofeng managed to sell a piece of gear from Beginner’s Village for such a high price.
Under normal circumstances, buying that piece for a hundred thousand gold coins was already pushing it, but when bidding wars happen, there’s always someone ready to pay up.
After understanding the internal pricing amongst the wealthier players, Xu Xiaofeng was even more convinced about her plan to rake in big money through gear.
The Qingfeng Chamber of Commerce must have connections; later, she’d line up an enchanter to give the equipment special effects—prices in the player community would skyrocket!
Plus, she had some cheeky tricks up her sleeve.
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Hehehe…
Speaking of which, Uncle Edward seems to own an enchanting shop. Need to catch him when the opportunity strikes.
Though it’s said that players can only unlock enchanting once they hit Gold Level, I’m an NPC! NPCs can enchant right in Beginner’s Village.
With this in mind, Xu Xiaofeng continued to lead Fat Wang on, “I’ll let you know when I get the gear. Now you should go deliver money to Nuclear Bomb Little Sister…”
She quickly deleted the last two words, replacing them with “increase your affinity,” and sent it.
“Oh, Brother Feng’s got connections too?”
“Of course! Two thousand affinity points for 50,000 gold coins; you interested?”
“Whoa! That’s so…” Fat Wang instinctively started to say “expensive,” but then quickly changed his tune, “That’s so cheap?”
“Of course! We’re brothers! This is a special discount just for you.”
When it came to his buddies, she didn’t hold back, throwing out an unbelievably low price. After all, it was like getting 50,000 for free.
“Is this affinity boost legit? What if I get banned?”
“…”
“Are you gonna take it or not?”
“I want it! Of course, I want it!”
Xu Xiaofeng casually pulled out a silver coin and tossed it to Fat Wang. “Just hand this over to Nuclear Bomb Little Sister, and your affinity will naturally rise.”
It was just a regular old silver coin she plucked from her pocket. No copper coins because they looked too shabby, and no gold coins because she was too stingy.
“This… just one silver coin can give me two thousand affinity points?”
“Of course! This isn’t just any silver coin; it has magical powers! You’ll see once you try it.”
He was too lazy to explain.
No need to, really—he’d figure it out soon enough!
