At the guild's command, several hundred players controlled their characters and entered the battlefield.
Su Lin played a swordsman. Since his equipment was trash, he was basically cannon fodder.
But Su Lin did not care in the slightest.
He controlled his character and charged straight into the fray.
He unleashed an AOE skill.
-1424... -1475... -1452
Splash -1434... Splash -2547... Splash -4527... The skill was interrupted, and the splash effect reset.
Seeing the bright red numbers continuously climbing, everyone in the guild was stunned.
"Holy shit... Did Shuang Mu Lin turn on hacks? He's insane. His red damage numbers have already gone past ten thousand."
"This is too ridiculous, isn't it? More than ten thousand from splash damage? You've got to be kidding."
"Fake, definitely fake. I'm wearing a full set of top-tier gear and only dealing six thousand damage."
Seeing this, Su Lin typed in the guild channel, "I'm not hacking. It's just the additional damage from the Necklace of Fate."
"Stop messing around. The Necklace of Fate's additional damage is fixed percentage damage. How could it possibly deal over ten thousand?"
"Look carefully~!!"
Someone opened the Necklace of Fate's stats and examined them closely.
"Fuck... The fixed damage is gone."
The entire guild channel instantly fell silent.
The damage had changed from fixed to scaling.
Even with a full set of trash equipment, Su Lin could deal more than two thousand damage. If someone wore a full set of top-tier gear and paired it with a Necklace of Fate...
Wouldn't a single AOE deal hundreds of thousands of damage?
And the splash effect could stack infinitely.
Once they thought of that, quite a few people went crazy.
As long as the skill was not interrupted, the damage could keep stacking forever.
Seeing the Necklace of Fate's effect get discovered several days earlier than it had in the original novel, Su Lin smiled.
That very night, the price of the Necklace of Fate was driven up. People selling necklaces in the world channel flooded the entire public chat.
Some were asking one thousand, some over one thousand, and by the middle of the night, someone was already shouting two thousand.
Su Lin had more than four thousand necklaces in his hands. He roughly calculated that if he sold them at an average price of three thousand each, he could earn nearly fifteen million.
At the same time, Chen Yang was going crazy as well.
Using two thousand as the price, he calculated that Su Lin could make over ten million.
At the internet café, Chen Yang sat dazedly in his seat, completely dumbfounded.
"Necklaces bought for less than a hundred on average, then sold for two thousand... Brother Lin will make over ten million on this deal. This is the gap... This is the gap."
Thinking of that, the twenty thousand yuan he had made suddenly did not feel so appealing anymore.
But he quickly pulled himself together. All he felt toward Su Lin was admiration and awe.
"Brother Lin's move was seriously incredible. He started laying the groundwork from the day he began buying necklaces. No wonder he had me post on the forums. He wanted to hype up the Necklace of Fate. And now, the big opportunity has finally arrived."
"That's amazing~!!"
Chen Yang did not develop any ulterior thoughts because Su Lin had made over ten million. On the contrary, he sincerely hoped Su Lin would make money.
Now that he saw Su Lin truly making a profit, he was genuinely happy for him.
Su Lin did not bother with anything else. He directly listed five hundred necklaces on the platform starting at three thousand yuan each. To make selling easier, he set the minimum purchase at ten necklaces.
Angel City was a game comparable to DNF, so he was not worried at all about being unable to sell the equipment.
When Su Lin woke up the next morning, he found that more than four hundred necklaces had already been sold.
With Su Lin's advance preparations this time, the Necklace of Fate exploded in popularity the instant the update went live.
It took a full hour to ship everything out. Then he listed another two thousand necklaces.
"Just over breakfast, one and a half million landed in my account. Even my useless old man probably can't make money as fast as I can. Heh heh."
After arriving at school, Su Lin was called out by Chen Yang.
"Brother Lin, this Necklace of Fate is way too crazy. This morning, I saw the price had already risen to three thousand three hundred."
Su Lin chuckled. "This is only the beginning. The price will keep rising."
"Brother Lin, did you know the Necklace of Fate would go up in price?"
Su Lin put on a serious expression. "I didn't know either. But I was gambling. It was only a few hundred thousand. I could afford to gamble. If I won, I'd make a fortune. If I lost, it would only be a few hundred thousand."
"Yangzi, think carefully about what kind of business you could do over the summer. My ten million is just sitting idle anyway. If you find a good project, I'll let you take charge of it."
"Ah~!! Brother Lin, you're letting me take charge of more than ten million all by myself?"
Chen Yang was completely stunned.
Su Lin smiled. "Who said I was giving it all to you? I'm just telling you to think about whether there are any good projects. Investment has to be done step by step, understand? When the time comes, I can give you some money to test the waters."
"Brother Lin, I've never done business before."
Su Lin laughed when he heard that. "You've never done it. Have I?"
"Uh..."
"Forget it, we'll talk about business later. I'll give you some money first to build up the paid commenters. The people working under you need to be upgraded. Find reliable people who can get things done, understand?"
"I understand, Brother Lin."
"Mm. Work hard. There'll be plenty of things for you to handle later."
"Hehe..."
In the original novel, Ye Feng had always made Chen Yang handle dirty and exhausting work.
Su Lin felt that Ye Feng was simply wasting talent. Chen Yang's entrepreneurial ability might not have been particularly strong, but his management ability was genuinely excellent.
Especially his execution. As long as he was given a task, no matter how difficult it was, he could always find a way to complete it.
Using someone like that solely as a black glove would be an enormous waste.
After giving Chen Yang a few more instructions, Su Lin prepared to return to the classroom.
But when he reached the hallway, Su Lin saw Lin Xiaowan and Xia Shiyu chatting there.
Xia Shiyu looked distracted, while Lin Xiaowan kept talking, seemingly trying to comfort her.
Su Lin walked over. "Xiao Yu, Xiao Wan, what are you talking about?"
Lin Xiaowan said with some concern, "Xiao Yu is still worried about her dad. I'm trying to talk her through it."
"Oh? Xiao Yu, hasn't Uncle Xia already started dialysis? They're also looking for a compatible donor. You should be happy now, so what are you worried about?"
When Xia Shiyu saw Su Lin, she tried to smile, but the expression she forced out looked even worse than crying.
"Alright, Xiao Yu. If you can't smile, don't force it. Seeing you like this really hurts my heart. What happened? Tell us. Maybe Xiao Wan and I can help."
"Yeah, Xiao Yu. What exactly is it? Ever since we went to see your dad that day, you've been acting strangely. Even when you talk, you seem absent-minded."
"I..."
"Xiao Wan, Su Lin, don't ask anymore. I can't say."
It would have been better if Xia Shiyu had not said that. The moment those words left her mouth, Lin Xiaowan's expression changed.
She looked at Xia Shiyu seriously. "Xiao Yu, what happened? Don't scare me."
"Sob sob~!! Xiao Wan... Don't ask. I really can't tell you."
Seeing Xia Shiyu like that, Lin Xiaowan could only compromise helplessly. "Alright, alright, I won't ask. Xiao Yu, no matter what happens, remember that you have me, and you have Su Lin. We'll help you."
Su Lin nodded. "Xiao Wan is right. We'll definitely help. Xiao Yu, you don't need to worry too much about Uncle Xia's kidney transplant. Xiao Wan and I will both help."
Xia Shiyu looked at Su Lin and Lin Xiaowan, then finally let out a sigh.
She regretted lending the money to Ye Feng.
She knew that Ye Feng was stockpiling equipment, but she had been uneasy about it. So many days had passed without any improvement, and her heart had already sunk.
What upset her was not the possibility that Ye Feng's eighty thousand might never come back. What made her sad was that she did not know how she would explain it to Lin Xiaowan and Su Lin when the time came.
Especially Su Lin. He had donated so much money to her, yet instead of using it properly to treat her father, she had let someone use it to stockpile equipment.
Xia Shiyu wanted nothing more than to slap herself twice. How could she have been so stupid? Now she was left consumed by anxiety.
At that moment, Ye Feng sat at his desk and looked at the three of them outside, muttering continuously, "Soon, soon. I'll be able to sell them soon. Xiao Yu, wait for me. Once the price rises another two thousand, I'll sell all the necklaces. Then we'll have money to treat Uncle Xia."
"Su Lin, hmph, don't ever think about laying a finger on my Xiao Yu. You can just keep being your scumbag!!"
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