webnovelfull Chapter 353 Spending money makes people happy
Chapter 353 Spending money makes people happy
[Experience points +1000!]
[Experience points +1000!]
……
Golden light flowed across the surface of the iron lump, and a hundred gold coins vanished in the blink of an eye.
Hill rubbed his eyes, pushing his goggles up to his forehead.
"That's... all?"
Chen You ignored her.
One gold coin equals one thousand experience points.
One hundred coins, one hundred thousand experience points.
You don't need to grind monsters everywhere or deal with annoying NPCs while doing quests.
All you need to do is spend money.
You can gain experience by spending money!
Chen You took a deep breath.
He turned his head and looked at Hill.
"Step back a bit."
"Huh? Boss, what are you doing? I'm warning you, violence is strictly prohibited in the Supreme Pavilion..."
"I told you to step back, don't get buried under a mountain of money."
Chen You flipped his wrist and opened the system inventory.
"Splash—"
A crisp metallic clanging sound echoed through the hall.
Not dozens, not hundreds.
A golden waterfall cascaded down from the void, striking the rusty iron lump precisely.
One thousand gold coins.
Five thousand gold coins.
Ten thousand gold coins!
The gold coins were piled up like mountains, their golden light almost blinding Hill.
She screamed and lunged at the pile of gold coins: "My God! You're crazy! This is money! Don't give it to me!"
The moment her hand touched the edge of the gold coin, an invisible suction force erupted from inside the metal lump.
"Buzz—"
A dull thud resounded.
The small mountain of gold coins collapsed at a visible speed.
The lump of iron was like a black hole that could never be filled, frantically devouring pure wealth.
[Experience +1000!]
[Experience +1000!]
……
The system notification sounds had become a series of sharp buzzing noises.
Chen You's vision was completely overwhelmed by the frantically scrolling information feed.
"continue."
He remained expressionless, tapping his fingers in the air.
Twenty thousand gold coins.
Thirty thousand gold coins.
Forty thousand gold coins!
The entire main hall of the Supreme Building was dyed pure gold.
[Ding! Your level has increased to 37!]
[Ding! Your level has increased to 38!]
……
A dazzling golden beam of light erupted from Chen You's body!
That wasn't the end of it. Before the first beam of light had even dissipated, the second, third, and fourth beams of light followed one after another.
Meanwhile, outside the Supreme Tower in Hidden Star City.
Whether they were just passing by or wandering around in the distance, all the players were stunned by the series of golden lights shooting into the sky from the top of the Supreme Tower.
"Holy crap! That's the direction of the Supreme Tower! Who's setting off fireworks inside?"
"What a load of crap! That's upgraded golden light!"
"No way, is this some kind of upgraded golden light? There are upgrades like this?"
"BUG! It must be a bug! It's a bug with the money!"
……
When the number of gold coins consumed jumps to a full "50,000".
"Click."
A very faint, yet clearly audible cracking sound rang out.
The iron lump stopped absorbing.
Fifty thousand gold coins, a total of fifty million experience points!
[Ding! Your level has increased to 45!]
Chen You was startled, looked at the level panel, and nodded in satisfaction.
"Cool!"
This is the kind of treatment that paying players should receive!
On the counter, the iron lump that had absorbed 50,000 gold coins finally changed.
The pitted and rusty surface began to peel off piece by piece, revealing the dark red metallic texture underneath.
The originally irregular shape gradually reorganized, eventually transforming into a twelve-sided crystal with an ancient design and a surface covered with lava-like patterns.
[System notification: You have activated the artifact "Sealed Lava Heart".]
[Triggering the unique hidden quest: A Tragedy of Ice and Fire.]
[Mission Description: This mark points to the ancient forbidden land east of Hidden Star City—the Snowfield Lava. There, ancient flames slumber, frozen in time.]
Take your team and uncover the truth behind the markings.
[Quest Requirements: Clear the raid dungeon "Snowy Lava" (Level 45 required, 40 players required)]
[Mission Reward: Unknown.]
"A team dungeon?" Chen You stroked his chin.
Aside from the previously temporary system update, "The Road to Kingship," this "Snowy Lava" should be the first raid instance in the Origin Realm.
He reached out and grasped the scorching hot crystal, then casually swept the remaining gold coins into his backpack.
"Snowy Lava." Chen You knocked on the counter. "Hill, stop pretending to be dead, what's going on with this dungeon?"
Hill peeked half his head out from behind the counter and looked around.
"You're asking about the snow-covered lava fields?"
Hill dusted himself off, straightened up, and his tone became unusually serious.
"Snowy Lava, the first raid instance in the Origin Realm. It's located below the Glacier Rift Valley, 300 miles east of Hidden Star City."
Hill pulled up a holographic map and pointed to a striking red skull marker on it.
"What's so special about this instance?"
"Absolutely disgusting," Hill commented in four words.
She leaned closer to Chen You, her hands resting on the counter: "In a normal five-player dungeon, once you're a high level and well-equipped, it'll be a piece of cake."
"But the snowfield lava is different; it's a 'milestone' mechanism of the Source Realm."
"What do you mean?"
"Level 45 is mandatory." Hill held up four fingers. "If you're below level 45, you can't enter. If you're above level 45, even level 46, you still can't enter."
Chen You raised an eyebrow: "So, you can't solo it by relying on level advantage?"
"Solo? Are you crazy or am I crazy?" Hill looked at him like he was an alien.
"That's a 40-man raid! The mobs inside have millions of health points, and the boss has tens of millions."
"It tests not individual heroism, but teamwork, division of labor, and resilience."
Hill pointed to the ceiling.
"There are mechanics too! There are 'mechanic-based kills' in raid dungeons."
"For example, some boss shields can only be broken by ten people standing on specific array nodes at the same time; some curses require three or more healers to take turns purifying them."
"This isn't something that can be solved simply by having high stats on your end."
She looked Chen You up and down, then pursed her lips.
"You're ridiculously strong right now. But if the dungeon mechanics stipulated that 'a teammate must be sacrificed to open the gate,' are you prepared to split yourself in two?"
Chen You fell silent.
Hill is right.
No matter how strong he is, he is still just a single unit.
When faced with mechanisms that force multiple people to operate the pedals or require multi-line operation, he simply cannot handle it all by himself.
He looked up at Hill behind the counter.
"Where am I supposed to conjure up thirty-nine people?"
Hill leaned back tactically and crossed his arms over his chest.
"That's your problem, boss," she said lightly.
"I'm only responsible for selling things, not for solving your social anxiety."
Chen You glanced at her.
"Stop talking nonsense. Aren't you guys all about money? Do you have any items that can act as teammates?"
"Puppets, robots, armored soldiers—anything goes. As long as they can stand on the pedals and absorb damage, money is no object."
Hill pushed up the brass goggles on his forehead.
"Boss, you're underestimating the value of 'team dungeons'."
She extended a long, slender finger and tapped heavily on the wooden counter.
"The underlying logic of the Source Realm is reality. The core of the mechanics for team dungeons lies in 'Soul Imprints'."
"Those mechanisms for stepping on pedals, sharing damage, and absorbing curses not only require units to have sufficient health, but also require units to have an independent and complete soul wavelength."
A hint of pleasure flashed across Hill's face.
"You want to spend money to buy puppets and robots? Those are just a bunch of inanimate objects. The laws of the Origin Realm don't recognize a pile of soulless scrap metal."