Game Invasion: I'm the Only Ordinary Player
Chapter 169

A Body That Exceeded Ten Thousand, Ten Million Points-Had the Game Balanced Out?

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It doesn't matter, we'll go for it anyway.

With that thought in mind, Gao Linzhi sent Wulu another five-ton delivery order.

I was bored and a little hesitant, but I gritted my teeth and took it out anyway.

"What, is gold getting harder to deal with?"

"The main problem is that the market price is currently too high, and there is a shortage of various gold mining equipment. Various places have invested in gold mining projects, and for a time, supply could not meet demand," Wu Liao sighed.

Gao Linzhi nodded.

He did not make things difficult for the other party.

If it were the emperor, he would suspect the other party's disloyalty at this point, as they only talk about the difficulties without offering solutions.

He wouldn't do that.

Because he only uses better compensation to attract talent.

"Alright, you need to put in a lot of effort, work hard and practically, and solve this crucial problem step by step, in stages and phases..." Gao Linzhi blurted out.

I was startled by the boredom.

The long string of words that came out of the other person's mouth impressed him.

It may seem like a cliché, but it contains profound wisdom.

This is not the kind of Rogue Players has achieved success, but a wise man with profound knowledge.

He nodded, determined to resolve the gold mine problem decisively.

At this moment, Gao Linzhi gave him another huge surprise.

At this moment, Gao Linzhi thought of the Golden Desert Island that his alternate account had created.

"I know of a real gold mine."

"Here are a few more Respawn Point Reset Talisman for you. There's an island on there, a desert with a lot of gold that hasn't been mined yet."

Actually, gold may seem scarce, but it can still be squeezed out if you put in the effort.

One day later.

A gold mine valley on a desert island.

Bored, all I could see at a glance was sand.

And much of the sand still glittered with gold.

This is clearly an overflow from a large gold mine.

This delighted him.

The player next to him, "Full Health Plays Erhu," said:

"This is where the gold mine is located."

"Think of a way to dig it out as soon as possible."

"Don't waste time here."

He nodded, bored.

He made contact with this player on his boss's orders.

When he saw the other person's ID, he just assumed that this was Gao Linzhi's little fanboy.

After all, Gao Linzhi has many admirers now.

Many newly created accounts have changed their names to "Canxue *..."

You could say these guys are all pretty good at having fun.

To be honest, adding this prefix actually makes it a bit safer.

At least those powerful families and companies won't act rashly until they've investigated the relationship between Gao Linzhi and them.

Bored, he went down into the valley himself and saw some people mining for gold there.

These people, each with an ID above their head, worked listlessly, their efficiency incredibly slow.

He immediately frowned.

Such a good mine, how could they be so negligent!

He immediately realized that the incentive measures must have been inadequate.

He took a few steps when he suddenly felt something hard under his feet. He looked down and dug, and was immediately horrified.

Unexpectedly, there was a five- or six-kilogram pure gold nugget right under my feet!

Because gold is dense, five or six kilograms is actually quite small.

I was so bored, I never expected to find such a large wild Gold Nugget here.

You should know that almost all the gold nuggets produced on the surface of Blue Star have been searched out year after year.

It's practically impossible to find one just a few steps away.

He suddenly realized that compared to the vast Skyfall World, the so-called scarcity of gold was only temporary.

The truth is, if you're willing to put in the effort, you can find plenty.

It's just that everyone is hindered by strange and demonic creatures, making it difficult to find them.

"Sigh, what a waste of such a nice place!"

"No, we must change this immediately!"

"The output here has increased a hundredfold!"

After a pointless investigation, a judgment was made.

Having arrived on the island, he has learned a great deal through his visits.

Once upon a time, a monster ravaged the island, causing players to be imprisoned and forced to reproduce.

Here, whether you're Corporate Players or Rogue Players, you'll be captured by the locals as soon as you arrive.

Unfortunately, this is a desert, with nowhere for newcomers to hide.

New players who want to survive either need to log off or go to the Oasis.

This gave the three families the opportunity to wait and see.

It's fair to say that this place is a natural prison for players.

Fortunately, a powerful newcomer appeared right after arriving, but I'm bored and think this guy is probably a veteran player who randomly got here.

The Respawn Point Reset Talisman was used, but no specific location was selected, allowing the game to proceed randomly.

Those three families were doomed, and the players here were thus ruined.

However, he also heard from a loyal Wei Da that "these players are all pushing their luck."

"They clearly saved them, yet they refuse to work to repay their life-saving grace, and even expect my master to just let them go back. It's ridiculous!"

I neither agree nor disagree with the idea of being bored.

This is nothing more than the most ordinary human nature.

The debt of saving a life is immense, but few are willing to repay it.

To change the current situation, we need to set up a new incentive mechanism.

At the same time, new employees were brought in.

Gold is still in short supply, and if news of this gold mine leaks out, there will definitely be a huge price fluctuation.

It could be said that he now holds many opportunities to become extremely wealthy.

Just short gold.

Of course he wouldn't do that.

Because the actual goods are the most important thing, and that's what the boss values most.

The boss doesn't care about money and has never valued it.

Money can't buy resources; it's just worthless paper.

He needs to act quickly to achieve a relative surplus of gold.

So he returned to Wolf Snake Island and began to aggressively recruit new players.

Of course, they also ordered a batch of puppets from the Puppet Best puppet manufacturers.

However, while puppets are useful, their cost is actually higher than that of players...

Aside from the relatively high cost of game access, players can reactivate a new account if they die.

Players can treat their own illnesses, reproduce on their own, maintain their own systems, and there's also highly sophisticated AI...

Isn't this a real-life version of a super AI robot?

She just has a lot on her mind.

However, anyone skilled in manipulation can easily grasp it.

He believed he could do all of these things.

So he introduced new players and established new rules.

"If each person digs up one kilogram of gold, you will each keep 30% of it."

"It can be exchanged for cash, game resources, or even a share of the trading company."

"This rule also applies to previous players, but your share is only 10%. The other 20% is to repay the debt of saving your life, which will take ten years to repay."

Seeing this, the veteran players finally calmed down a bit.

After all, it wasn't all for nothing.

They were unaware that such pricing was entirely one-way.

Because this gold cannot be allowed to leave the country, it must be exchanged for one of the items.

Moreover, there are plenty of ways to squeeze their profits back out of boredom.

One by one, if someone still refuses to work, then they are eliminated.

Keep them in a cage to set an example for others.

He used both the stick and the carrot tactic very well.

Sure enough, after hiring a new batch of players, the efficiency of the old players improved significantly.

The previous resentment has disappeared.

One by one, they began to work diligently.

Of course, gold panning requires equipment.

However, one problem with modern equipment is that parts need to be replaced offline periodically.

However, there are still some subtle limitations to bringing these modern technological devices into the Skyfall World.

Bored, he didn't quite understand it either, but he knew one thing: even those powerful families and large corporations hadn't solved this problem.

Therefore, we can only develop some key equipment; for everything else that can be done manually, we will still use manual labor.

Or use local tools.

Otherwise, with a large influx of airplanes, tanks, and artillery, I believe that aside from the supernatural, other Demonic Creatures would be no match for them.

The truth is, those overly advanced modern devices cannot be brought into this game world.

Wei Da personally supervised the new recruits as they worked.

"New players have arrived!"

"If you won't do it, plenty of others will!"

"Remember, work hard for ten years, and remember the boss's kindness!"

Many of these veteran players were angry, but there was nothing they could do.

Some people also feel that we should be patient, at least for now we don't have to be used for sperm donation.

That's not a good job.

Because it will be exhausting.

These veteran players watched as the new players got to work, working with great enthusiasm.

They were immediately furious.

"You bastards!"

Why should we work so hard?

"You thought you got 30%? Actually, you didn't get a single penny!"

"Yeah, you're all a bunch of idiots, you deserve to be tricked to death one by one!"

"They said they'd give you 30% and 10%, but if they raise the rent, utilities, and food costs, our gold will be gone!"

The facts are roughly the same.

But boredom isn't that low-level.

He simply raised the price of the monsters these guys needed to level up.

The reasoning is quite simple.

This place is far from other islands, and the monsters are powerful, making it difficult to transport supplies here.

Players need to fight monsters to level up.

And because you only have one life, Revival Stone are exclusive to high-level players.

As a result, the gold that these players worked so hard to earn was quickly taken away by monsters.

Of course, players can log off.

After logging off, they went to the Archipelago Forum and found out about the prices.

"Holy crap, it's true!"

"The monsters there are too expensive!"

"It's much more expensive than elsewhere."

"But upon closer inspection, it's still more cost-effective to stay there, because there's no gold to be found anywhere else..."

The new players were also grumbling and complaining, but they had no choice but to keep going.

They're incredibly shrewd, even when they're bored.

This is the skill of a shrewd player.

It's stuck at that point.

If you don't want to do it, you won't earn much anywhere else.

They haven't even had the chance to work.

Here, at least you can level up by working.

Moreover, the Respawn Point Reset Talisman is very expensive.

They couldn't afford to buy another one.

Besides, the cost of this bill was deducted from my salary.

All they could say was that they were truly fools.

Fortunately, we didn't lose money.

I can only keep working hard and try to upgrade as soon as possible.

After understanding the truth, many people actually worked even harder.

Thus, under this tedious arrangement, the output of this desert island skyrocketed.

Gold production is increasing every day.

They all worked hard, leveled up diligently, and tried to make a lot of money as soon as possible so they could run away.

When Gao Linzhi saw this scene, he immediately laughed.

It really does take the expertise of professionals.

His mind wasn't really on that.

Management is a meticulous job that requires constant adjustments.

Why would he bother to manage it?

He only needs to attribute the great power to himself.

Wei Da reported to him, "Master, these fools didn't work properly before, but now that the new foreman has arrived, they're finally working hard."

"Now, we can produce more than half a ton of gold every day."

That's 180 tons a year, that's a really high output.

For a moment, Gao Linzhi felt that the invasion of the Skyfall Game into the Skyfall World was the right thing to do.

It's worth it just for the gold alone.

The total gold reserves on Blue Star are only a few hundred thousand tons.

Now, an island alone produces 180 tons annually, which is by no means a small number.

Of course, this is based on the player's super productivity; for ordinary people with ordinary equipment, the number would definitely be far less.

For example, if a player has a prospecting profession, they can directly indicate where there are gold and silver mines.

That's very simple.

They took on the very difficult survey work themselves.

It's important to know that exploration on Blue Star is extremely difficult, often taking years or even decades with no results.

The places that appear to have gold are actually dozens of kilometers away from the actual rich gold deposits.

In this situation, the efficiency of gold production would naturally be much lower.

"These guys really think they can get a free lunch these days."

Gao Linzhi nodded.

Yes, there isn't anywhere.

He doesn't do charity work either.

Rescuing these people was just a side effect.

Is it really possible to make a lot of money by digging for gold here?

That's impossible; most gold miners only managed to make enough to live on.

The ones who really make money are the tool providers, logistics dealers, and acquisition dealers.

Of course, this is still better than farming back home, so it's not a bad thing to come out.

And that's how boredom is controlled now.

They'll be better off than elsewhere, but they're unlikely to become rich overnight.

How can someone who suddenly becomes rich still be treated like a beast of burden?

However, they should also be grateful for boredom.

After all, the other party at least gave them some hope.

This has made their labor valuable now.

In the past, if a woman was captured by three families and used for procreation, her only value was being used as a beast of burden.

They may seem to eat and dress well, but their lifespan is actually short.

Yes, mating can shorten lifespan.

This can be seen from the fact that there were very few long-lived emperors.

Long-lived emperors were all able to control their lower bodies.

At least I can do some work now, even if it's just enough, at least it won't shorten my lifespan.

There are advantages to being a gold miner.

Gao Linzhi then used the gold he produced to recharge his game account.

To the players' surprise, the top scorer's points increased explosively.

"Damn, I've got 6 million points!"

"I scored 10 million points on the exam!"

"Unbelievable, this is 10,000 points added to physique?"

"Does this game even have stat balance? I only have 30 Constitution, and some people have over 10,000?"

"You call this a game?"

"You idiot upstairs, I told you this is a real game. In reality, you might earn 300 yuan a day, while others can earn 3 million."

"What you said makes so much sense that I can't refute it."

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