Death Game: Starting as a Trickster, Impersonating a God
Chapter 39

Tycoon Appears! A Fair Price!

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The fisherman hat uncle, his voice muffled by his mask, spoke loudly, quickly drawing the attention of everyone present.

"Someone over there is selling weapon-type items!"

"Looks like a baton..."

"Only 10 points for one?! And you can pay cash?!"

"Holy crap! Where did this philanthropist come from!"

In an instant, players who had been browsing other stalls swarmed over.

And the stall owners who had lost their customers.

No one expressed any dissatisfaction towards Lin Yu.

Because they all quickly packed up their stalls and ran towards Lin Yu's direction!

Weapon items for a little over ten points – if they missed this, it would be gone!

In moments, Lin Yu's stall was crowded with about ten people.

"Kid, I'll give you 15 points, cash!"

"I'll do 17 points!"

"I'll take 17 points for one too... I'll take them all!"

"Who isn't taking them all? Damn it!"

Lin Yu looked at the players with burning eyes, feeling he had underestimated the allure of "weapons."

This was just a baton, not even a sharp weapon!

The exchange rate between Credit Points and RMB was 1:100!

In other words, 10 points was 1000 RMB!

Lin Yu's batons, bought from the commodity street, weren't of the best quality, priced at 229 each.

He bought fifteen at once, haggled with the boss down to 120 each, and managed to get them for 1800 yuan!

Of course, this 1800 yuan was pretty much all of Lin Yu's savings at the time.

Lin Zhao, feeling bad about Lin Yu being busy with acting and studying every day, didn't want him to work part-time; Lin Yu also felt bad for Lin Zhao and didn't want to ask for more living expenses.

Since the purchase price wasn't high, and knowing that "weapon" type items were scarce, Lin Yu had priced them as high as possible!

But he never expected...

"Nearly ten times the price, and it's still too low?!"

"This is just an ordinary, unremarkable baton..."

But upon thinking about it, it seemed reasonable.

After all, having a stick in the death game might save your life at a crucial moment!

These people who had experienced the death game...

No one thought that spending a few thousand yuan to buy a guarantee for their life was not worth it!

And soon, someone exclaimed in surprise.

"Hey, wait a minute... he has potions for sale too!"

"Let me see—'Agility Potion', holy crap! This effect is insane!"

"I didn't expect you to have such good stuff, boss!"

[Agility Potion: Upon consumption, increases player's reaction speed and mobility by 200% for one hour.]

Because Chen Zhuo's "Deception" had taken effect earlier, all the "fake" items had now "become real"!

So, when these players picked up the items, they naturally saw the bloodstain item descriptions that appeared from the game's official system.

Their eyes shone as they looked at Lin Yu.

"Boss, how much are these potions?"

With the precedent of the batons, Lin Yu, who had originally planned to price the potions at 3 points a bottle, or 300 yuan, felt a little uncertain.

He rubbed his chin and tentatively asked, "These too... 10 points?"

As expected, the price of 10 points still didn't make them back down; instead, it made them even more excited.

"I'll take all of these too!"

"Damn it, stop saying 'take them all' all the time, are you that selfish?"

"Boss, I'll offer 15 points for the potions too!"

Seeing the arguments getting louder and louder, almost to the point of a fight breaking out in front of Lin Yu's stall.

At this moment, a crisp sound came from upstairs.

"Bang! Bang!"

Lin Yu looked up and saw the "Harmony brings wealth" uncle, whom he had met before, still dressed in a well-tailored suit, walking down from the second floor.

The sound just now was him striking two gold ingots together.

He walked down and said loudly, "Quite lively! It seems a friend has brought something good!"

The people who had been arguing fiercely and red-faced moments ago instantly fell silent, all turning to look at the uncle.

"It's the 'Tycoon'!"

"The 'Tycoon' is here."

"You're here, Brother Heng."

A few people in the crowd who looked familiar with the uncle greeted him, their tone extremely respectful.

Lin Yu watched this scene and understood.

As expected, the "Harmony brings wealth" uncle he saw yesterday was the "Tycoon" mentioned on the forum!

And he seemed to have considerable prestige among these players.

Yesterday, he saw in the forum guide that it said, "Try not to expose your identity as much as possible." He somewhat regretted exchanging contact information with this uncle.

Although Lin Yu had been cautious and used an alt account... it still increased his risk of exposure.

However, seeing the uncle in front of him seemed to be highly respected by everyone, Lin Yu's worries lessened somewhat.

Of course...

That "worry" hadn't completely disappeared.

The uncle, whom everyone called "Tycoon," walked forward and approached Lin Yu's table.

"This is the good stuff that caused all the commotion?"

"It's just a regular baton... Hmm? This potion is a bit interesting, though!"

"But it's not enough to make you guys fight over it like this!"

As the Tycoon spoke, he looked at the crowd.

The masked uncle in the fisherman hat was the first to speak with a smile, "Tycoon, the items are indeed ordinary, but... he's selling them for much cheaper than the normal price! And in such large quantities!"

"Oh?"

The Tycoon turned his head and looked at Lin Yu, asking as if he didn't recognize him, "How much are you selling all these for?"

"My initial envisioned price was 10 points each, and it could be cheaper if you buy more with cash."

Lin Yu answered truthfully.

The Tycoon shook his head and fiddled with his phone for a moment. "It's indeed too low... Why sell so cheaply all at once? It can't be easy to get so many items, can it?"

"They all look similar, probably from the same instance—did many of you collect them and decide to sell? Or do you have an organization behind you!"

Lin Yu was about to retort.

The Tycoon suddenly pointed at his phone screen.

Lin Yu understood and took out his own phone from under the table to glance at it.

"Newcomer, I don't know how you got so many items at once, but you'd better say you have an 'organization' behind you!"

Lin Yu's heart trembled. He looked up at the Tycoon gratefully and nodded slightly.

"I am indeed from an organization, but I can't reveal the name... because the organization's boss is in urgent need of money, so we're selling off the items we've saved up... This is also why I need cash payment."

Lin Yu said calmly.

Upon hearing this, the Tycoon pretended to ponder before saying.

"In that case, why don't you sell them all to me!"

"I'll buy your batons for 25 points each and potions for 20 points each... The price might still be slightly below market value, but I can pay in cash for everything, so you won't be at a loss."

Saying this, the Tycoon turned his head and looked at the other players.

"After midnight tonight, I'll list these on the forum for sale. I won't raise the price—you'll have to be quick, and each account is limited to one purchase."

The Tycoon said this, and the players had no objections.

"Since you've said so..."

"Alright, we'll do as you say!"

The Tycoon turned to Lin Yu. "What do you think of this plan?"

"In the future, if you and your organization have things you want to sell in Jiangcheng, consider cooperating with me, 'Tycoon,' how about it?"

Lin Yu naturally had no reason to refuse the Tycoon.

"Okay, Tycoon—we'll do as you say!"

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