Comrades

Even with the Soul Guardian granted by the system, Yun Xi still didn't dare guarantee her safety one hundred percent.

Therefore, ever since her rebirth, Yun Xi had already made up her mind that she absolutely would not reveal her rebirth to anyone. This included all the information she had obtained ahead of time because of her rebirth—she would keep it buried deep in her heart.

Otherwise, she might expose herself over some minor detail and bring about her own death.

After receiving the official Copper Coin compensation, the workers in important positions no longer had any reason to resign.

If they wanted to play the game, they absolutely couldn't do without Copper Coins. Although the authorities couldn't possibly compensate them with too many, it was still better than receiving nothing.

Regarding the fact that the game could no longer be recharged, another heated discussion began in the official player group.

[Guys, does anyone know how to make money? The 648 Copper Coins I recharge every day are gone... Heaven knows I've been saving up to buy equipment.]

[Equipment is pretty cheap. Even a sorcerer's beginner set costs less than 2,000 Copper Coins, right?]

[It's different for us. In the region where I am, equipment is generally very expensive. It seems to be because resources are scarce.]

[Then I suggest you join the authorities. The Local Mall sells equipment offline, and it's very cheap.]

[I want to join too, but I haven't successfully changed classes yet. The problem is, I just want to earn money to buy equipment, so I'll at least have some protection when I go out to fight monsters and level up.]

[Don't think so far ahead. Successfully change classes first. Otherwise, how are you going to fight monsters? Charge in recklessly with a weapon?]

[Everyone can work to earn money. I joined the village's night-watch team, and I get a salary of 10 Copper Coins every day. I also get free instruction from my master and a whole range of cultivation subsidies. The price, however, is signing a ten-year contract.]

[A ten-year contract... No wonder they call it a sell-yourself contract.]

[A ten-year contract is already pretty good. I have to sign one for twenty years. It's utterly speechless. The upside is that I can request leave and don't have to stay in the village all the time.]

[Every village has different policies, right? I don't need to sign a sell-yourself contract here. I can freely join the village's Patrol Team or night-watch team, but there are no cultivation benefits.

My master only teaches us basic martial techniques, so don't even dream of patient instruction or anything like that. The salary is also very low—two Copper Coins a day, only enough to ensure we won't starve to death. Hahaha. If we couldn't log out to eat, this life would be impossible...]

[Does anyone have it worse than us tourists? A basic allowance of one Copper Coin a day. Who understands?]

[+1.]

[Players born in towns are blessed. I suggest you find an ordinary job. Many Local Malls occasionally hire people, with a basic salary of at least 20 Copper Coins a day. The contract terms aren't that long either—basically, you sign for one year at a time.]

[Ordinary jobs are good, and they pay more, but the problem is, how are they any different from living on Blue Star? The boss certainly won't be responsible for teaching you martial techniques or sorcery.]

[You can save money to buy martial techniques or sorcery.]

[It's known that Sorcery Pattern Scrolls cost at least 1,000 Gold Coins. At 20 Copper Coins a day, we'd need to work... Hmm, 500,000 days. That's 1,369 years.]

[You can buy martial techniques, or directly cultivate Blue Star's martial techniques. They're free!]

[Then I might as well cultivate martial techniques directly on Blue Star. Why would I go to the Godfall Continent to earn those 20 Copper Coins? To make trouble for myself?]

[The best choice for town players is to join the Patrol Team. The daily salary is high, and you also get careful instruction from warrior and sorcerer masters.]

[Ah, yes, yes, everyone knows the town Patrol Team has the best benefits. But its contract is too strict, and its death rate is also very high.]

After the Godfall Continent officially entered open beta, many people began seriously considering which path they would take in the future.

The game no longer restricted login time. The previous concerns about being unable to request leave without cause from a town Patrol Team and violating the contract were gone as well.

Under these circumstances, if one truly wanted to develop well in the Godfall Continent, joining a town Patrol Team was indeed the best choice. Even newcomers could earn at least 80–100 Copper Coins a day, along with instruction from genuine experts.

Take Yun Xi's Shuyu Plain, for example. Those who made contributions to the Qiyu Principality could even receive a title. Once they possessed a title, they would be completely separated from ordinary people.

Of course, these were matters the veteran internal-test players considered. The new players couldn't recharge now, and they were not merely struggling to move forward in the Godfall Continent—they were also worrying about how to earn Copper Coins.

Just then, Gu Shian sent Yun Xi a message.

[Yun Xi, are you short on Copper Coins? I bought some earlier. I can give you some.]

Yun Xi...

This guy really was reborn too, wasn't he? Could his cheat really be the ability to recharge without limit? Had he poured all the assets he sold earlier into it?

[No need, no need. I have enough Copper Coins for now.]

Yun Xi wasn't particularly concerned about Gu Shian's rebirth. No matter how many Copper Coins he had, he still couldn't compare with her.

What made Yun Xi curious was what kind of relationship Gu Shian in this timeline had shared with her before his rebirth for him to treat her, the "Betrothed Female Supporting Character," so well.

Yun Xi had always repaid kindness with kindness and hatred with hatred. Gu Shian's concern for her didn't seem fake. He had reminded her to register an account before, and now he had come to ask whether she had enough Copper Coins...

Yun Xi naturally kept it in her heart. If she had the chance in the future, she would definitely repay the favor.

In Yun Xi's own timeline, she and Gu Shian had been comrades. Gu Shian was an upright person who took great care of his friends.

His only flaw was that he occasionally misjudged people.

In her previous life, Gu Shian had been betrayed and seriously injured. That was when Yun Xi encountered him.

It had been the most dangerous night in the wilderness, and Gu Shian had been waiting to die.

Yun Xi hadn't wanted to meddle in someone else's affairs, but the ashen despair in Gu Shian's eyes at the time made her stop.

It reminded her of her former self. Yes, she had also suffered betrayal.

At the time, Yun Xi had only recently become a sorcerer. She and a temporary teammate had accepted an ordinary quest that required a party to complete.

However, halfway through, they triggered a special quest together.

Greed could move the heart. For the sake of the special quest's rewards, the other person had stabbed her in the back and left her trapped within a circle of monsters.

Although Yun Xi had been on guard, she had been too weak at the time and had no good way to deal with the betrayal of her temporary teammate.

She could only fight desperately to kill her way out, carving out a path of blood. In the end, she collapsed one kilometer outside the town. If the Patrol Team hadn't happened to discover her, she would certainly have died that time.

Afterward, Yun Xi naturally took fierce revenge.

The emotions in Gu Shian's eyes had touched her, and so Yun Xi helped him.

At the brink of despair, Gu Shian had been given a second chance at life by Yun Xi. After his wounds were healed, he nearly burst into tears.