Lu Ze yawned and leisurely entered the Illusion Realm.
He hadn't been late on purpose.
It was just that he hadn't logged into his main account, [Realm Master Lu Ze], in far too long.
When he entered the Illusion Realm and found himself on [White Curtain], he hurriedly switched accounts.
[Starting funds have arrived!]
As a contestant who had just joined the competition, Lu Ze received his first batch of starting funds.
A mere 500,000 spirit stones.
This was the appeal of the first stage:
Starting funds were distributed daily. Once bankrupt, contestants couldn't even enter a map, so they had to plan their spending carefully.
Especially early in the competition, when everyone was penniless, the contest of wits between players was at its most exciting.
By now, however, the first stage was already well past its halfway point.
The top-tier contestants had long since amassed assets exceeding fifty million.
Lu Ze's paltry funds weren't even enough to fill the gaps between their teeth.
"So..."
"Turn a little into a lot?"
A smile tugged at Lu Ze's lips.
He had plenty of experience with that.
"Let me see... today's map is the Dam?"
Lu Ze raised his eyebrows.
Turn a little into a lot at the Dam?
His eyes involuntarily drifted toward the event interface in the upper right—
[Character research: Gold-Eroding Rose (Red Wolf)]
"Now isn't that perfect timing?"
Lu Ze immediately grinned.
He just happened to be at the Dam, just happened to need to turn a little into a lot, and Red Wolf's Gold-Eroding Rose just happened to have been released recently...
"Heaven's will works in mysterious ways!"
With that remark, Lu Ze quickly pulled himself a Gold-Eroding Rose set.
He even had to hit the big guarantee to get it.
Lu Ze