"What secret?" Jiang Ze asked.
Lu Yang saw everyone looking at him curiously and said, "The official launch of this Cultivation System was largely forced upon them."
"Forced?" everyone cried out.
Lu Yang nodded. "There are too many studios in this game, and too many clever players. They repeatedly exploited game loopholes to make money, such as our methods of stealing gems and equipment. The officials lost a huge amount of money.
"If everyone had played according to the official rules, the total amount of currency in the game would not exceed ten trillion dollars. But how much currency did players actually exchange with cash? Could there really be that much money? I'm afraid quite a bit of it was generated by players."
Jiang Ze said in surprise, "Are you saying the Second World officials are running out of money?"
"They won't run out of money," Lu Yang said. "After all, this game is fully supported by various countries. But the excessive currency supply has caused devaluation. On the black market, the exchange rate for gold coins has already reached 270. Those 30 Credit Points were generated by players."
"Don't be fooled by the current 30. At this rate, it could become 50 in a year. Once it breaks 50, the game's financial system will have a major problem.
"The officials introducing new rules to reclaim currency at this time was like giving this three-year-old game a shot in the arm, giving every player a new goal."
"But our losses are still too great. This hurts large guilds too much," Xia Yuwei said.
"I have an idea," Lu Yang said. "I plan to raise the cultivation levels of all contracted players working in Game City."
Everyone froze.
"That will cost a lot of money," Bai Shi said.
Lu Yang looked