"100,000 per unit, that's the floor price!"

Inside a private room, a young man with glasses lifted his coffee cup, "I've also checked the forums, both Martial Artist with White Hair and Immortal Seeker are scrambling for the new equipment. 100,000 is the floor price, but I have two units on hand!"

Qin Ge nearly smashed his teacup.

'No idea how many people he mobilized to actually get two units. This luck is simply... a king among Europeans!'

Qin Ge looked at the young man opposite him and noticed his fair skin, slightly rounded face, and neatly combed hair; he seemed to be an elite office worker.

In any case, he didn't look like the type who enjoyed gaming.

After some thought, he probed, "Mr. Zhou, your profession is..."

Zhou Xiaofu replied amiably, "It seems Mr. Qin has already guessed it. I'm involved in the business of resource allocation optimization. I distribute scarce spots and products more effectively and serve the public."

'Just a scalper, why the righteous speech?'

Qin Ge rolled his eyes internally.

He was a first-round beta player, hence he knew the value of player slots and without hesitation said, "I'll take them for 200,000."

"Mr. Qin, you are too hasty. As I said, that is the floor price..."

Zhou Xiaofu sipped his coffee calmly, "The rich second generation known as Immortal Seeker has already bid 300,000, and I think, he can still offer more..."

"But you arranged to meet me."

Qin Ge spoke in a low voice.

"Yes, I don't trust the game, nor do I trust a stranger on the internet, but Mr. Qin, you are a local businessman..."

Zhou Xiaofu said with a smile, "So, after contacting others, I decided to sell them to you... for 400,000!"

With this deal, he could go back to his hometown to buy a house and get married.

Although, it was only enough for a down payment on the house...

"That's too expensive."

Although Qin Ge's mental budget was 500,000, he still frowned, "300,000 is not bad, think of it as making a friend... raising the price on the spot isn't nice."

Thump, thump!

Right at that moment, someone knocked on the private room door.

"I had clearly told the waitstaff not to come over. Mr. Zhou, have you invited someone else?" Qin Ge's brow furrowed.

"Of course not, please trust my professional ethics."

Zhou Xiaofu, with an air of integrity, opened the door of the private room, only to see a young woman in a wheelchair.

She was dressed in a white gown, her skin pale, and the skirt below her knees was empty and draped.

"You are..."

Zhou Xiaofu was taken aback.

"We've talked before, I am 'Broken-winged Angel'..."

The young woman said urgently, "Mr. Zhou, I've gathered 200,000, please sell the equipment to me..."

"Did you follow me?"

Startled, Zhou Xiaofu quickly assured Qin Ge, "I didn't know she followed me."

"I recognize her..."

Qin Ge looked at the woman and sighed, recalling the photo he had seen on the forum.

"Miss, I'm really sorry..."

Although Zhou Xiaofu was very polite, his refusal was clear.

The 'Broken-winged Angel' was the least financially capable among them, despite showing sincerity by coming in person.

But the gap was still ten or twenty thousand!

"Sorry, I can only raise this amount for now. Can I owe you the rest..."

Broken-winged Angel said urgently.

"Big sister, I'm also a small-time businessman, please don't make this hard for me..."

Zhou Xiaofu took a deep breath and said to Qin Ge, "Mr. Qin, shall we find another place to talk?"

It would be easy to shake her off given her mobility.

"I..."

Qin Ge's lips moved as he looked into the girl's eyes. Suddenly wanting to slap himself, he said resolutely, "I'll buy it together with her!"

Zhou Xiaofu: "..."

...

A moment later, the transaction was complete—money and goods exchanged.

"Thank you, Mr. Qin!"

Broken-winged Angel, holding a VR headset, felt somewhat regretful but was also fairly satisfied.

"It's nothing... I'm just an idiot!"

Qin Ge handed over another device to Broken-winged Angel. "Here... it's yours."

After saying that, he immediately walked out of the private room and quickly ran out of the front door.

"Thank you! Thank you!"

From behind, Broken-winged Angel, shaking in his wheelchair, realized he couldn't catch up and could only bow deeply.

...

"Boss?"

On another seat, Xie Biqi and Li Ziluo looked at this scene, both feeling complicated emotions.

"Did you check?"

Xie Biqi asked quietly.

"I checked. Broken-winged Angel, real name 'Chen Xixi', currently enrolled in a special school... Everything said on the forum is true..."

Li Ziluo asked quietly, "Should we... go after him?"

"Go after him my ass!"

Xie Biqi hit Li Ziluo on the head with a menu. "Let's go..."

...

Although the offline device prices kept rising, genuinely unused new devices were rare, and after all, "Game Different World" was a game so niche that it couldn't be nichier.

Aside from a few interested people paying attention, the popularity never took off.

The ripples in reality were merely a faint stir before they quickly dissipated.

In Xuanming Sky, months flew by in no time.

The fame of the Woniuzhai players had also spread throughout Three Elements City, known for their ridiculous antics.

By association, even Cangyuan County heard about them, and word even spread throughout Dingzhou.

A few scenic-viewers even agreed to journey together, embarking on a walk to the ends of the earth.

One day, a group headed for Woniuzhai; leading them was none other than the Alliance Hierarch of the Yiqi Alliance—Yibo Yuntian Pudong Yun!

Beside him followed some friends and other notable members of the Yiqi Alliance.

"Brother Dong Yun, what do you think is the reason Jiang Village Chief suddenly invited us to attend as guests of honor?"

An elderly martial master spoke up.

His hair and beard were all white—his name was Wang He. In his youth, he had been an Eighth Grade Martial Artist, specializing in training disciples, and had a good reputation in Three Elements City.

"I heard that Jiang Village Chief is planning to organize a martial arts competition among different folks..." Pu Dongyun said, smiling.

"Heh, even though that bunch knows some fancy tricks, they hardly have any true martial arts skills... With fickle hearts, they can't even hold a horse stance for an hour... They're just going to make a fool of themselves..."

Wang He said disdainfully.

Since the second round of internal testing had ended, the 'respawn in place' bug that players had was fixed, and from then on, players could only respawn at their corpses. Without eyewitness accounts, the claims of 'immortal bodies' were not believed by everyone, with many feeling that it was primarily a case of misinformation being spread.

Apart from Pu Dongyun and a few others, most of the other people's views of the folks from Woniuzhai were akin to a group of artisans who mastered sophisticated techniques and... each had peculiar personalities and erratic behavior, which was quite annoying...

"I bet Jiang Village Chief has long harbored the thought of taking over as Alliance Hierarch, and now he probably wants to flaunt his martial strength," said another Yiqi Alliance member joined in with a sneer.

"That's unlikely..."

Pu Dongyun thought to himself that he was just a puppet, there was no need for a show off, and then the group arrived at Woniuzhai.

They saw the mountain stronghold was festively decorated, with several huge platforms erected on the open ground in front of the village. On the colorful banners, the words 'The Greatest Martial Arts Competition Under Heaven' were written in bold!

"Hmph, what a boast!"

Wang He saw it first and couldn't stand it, feeling like their bragging was sky-high!

"This... these country folks are just entertaining themselves; we shouldn't take it seriously..." Pu Dongyun said awkwardly, trying to smooth things over.

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