2018 Arrives (Third Update)

The shop owner's voice wasn't loud, but Li Shuyi and Bai Xiaowen could just hear it.

Seeing Bai Xiaowen frown slightly, Li Shuyi tugged at his hand. "Never mind."

Bai Xiaowen nodded. As he walked out of the shop, he glanced at the name: Fully Armed.

Bai Xiaowen asked the system, "I want to open a shop in the beginner area. What are the procedures?"

The platform system responded quickly, "Our platform provides the most convenient store registration service. You can register as long as you don't have any other virtual stores under your name. For stores in the beginner zone, a deposit of 1500 Psionic Points is required. This deposit will be refunded to you when your store reaches a B5 credit rating."

Are you sure you want to register a shop?

"Yes."

"Please wait, locating..."

The light before their eyes coalesced, and a figure materialized, appearing before Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi. It was a middle-aged man wearing glasses.

"Hello, I am Song Weihua, the administrator of the Trading Notarization Department of the Virtual Battle Platform. This is my personal page in the Virtual Community, containing my verified identity information. Please take a look."

Bai Xiaowen glanced at the personal page that the other party had proactively displayed and nodded.

In the identity section, Song Weihua is also listed as an Awakened One, and in the position section, there is the seal of Virtual Battle Company.

After confirming his identity, Song Weihua asked, "Do you have any special requirements regarding the shop's number?"

Is there any difference in the numbering?

"That's right, your shop's number determines its location in the Virtual Hall," Song Weihua explained. "Shops with adjacent numbers are also adjacent in the Virtual Hall. You can choose any number, as long as it doesn't overlap with any existing shop numbers."

"I think this location is quite good. If I want to open a shop here, do you have any unique serial numbers?"

Song Weihua looked up and saw the shop name, "Fully Armed," and checked. "This is the location of shop number 2020. I'm sorry, all the nearby shop numbers have already been registered. Generally speaking, smaller numbers are more likely to be registered. If you choose a shop number beyond 10,000, you're unlikely to encounter a duplicate."

"Anything over ten thousand is out of the question; five numbers aren't very convenient," Bai Xiaowen said.

Song Weihua thought for a moment and said, "If you really like this location, you can also consider the one opposite shop number 2020. I checked, and the corresponding shop number across the street is 8102, which hasn't been registered yet."

"Okay, this one will do." Bai Xiaowen nodded in agreement.

"Please give me a deposit of 1500 Psionic Points," Song Weihua said.

Bai Xiaowen chose to make the trade.

Simple Psionic Points transactions can also be conducted in the Virtual Space. As long as the Spirit Realm Rules confirm that it is the awakened person's own will, the Psionic Points transaction can be completed just like a bank transfer.

However, when it comes to physical items, such as equipment and props, transactions cannot be conducted in Virtual Space; they must be exchanged in the real world. It's like a Taobao in another dimension, where buyers can directly transfer money, but sellers must use logistics to ship the goods...

Song Weihua gave Bai Xiaowen an electronic receipt, and then used his administrator privileges to create a new virtual shop opposite the "Fully Armed" shop in shop number 2020.

In the blink of an eye, the main structure of the virtual store was completed, much faster than construction in the real world.

Song Weihua provided very attentive service, even inquiring about Bai Xiaowen's shop's decor and some small decorations, and then fulfilling those requests Yi-Yi.

Finally, the shop name.

Bai Xiaowen originally wanted to name himself "Bai Shi" (White Stone), but the suggestion was that it was already taken. So he simply named himself "The More Knives, the More Victims), and to his surprise, it was approved on the first try.

Li Shuyi sighed, "..."

Song Weihua was used to such bizarre shop names and had long since developed a certain immunity to them, thinking to himself: another rich kid dabbling in this.

"Your shop has been opened, shop number 8102 ' The More Knives, the More Victims, ' currently with a credit rating of C5. You will receive an e-manual shortly; please read it carefully. If something unexpected happens during the initial stage that causes points to be deducted and your credit rating to drop to D-Tier, it will be very difficult to recover. Even if you close this shop and reopen it, your credit rating will still be D-Tier."

"OK, thanks."

Song Weihua's figure faded from solid to faint, and then disappeared.

Bai Xiaowen walked into her small shop.

"Xiao Wen, did you open a shop across from this one on purpose?" Li Shuyi asked.

"It wasn't intentional."

"???"

"I intentionally and deliberately chose this location..." Bai Xiaowen joked. "Isn't that a B2-Tier shop across the street? It must be quite well-known in the beginner area. Opening a shop opposite it saves us some initial advertising effort. As for competition... hehe, with our near-risk-free, high-profit business, how could we possibly lose? We'll crush them with our low-price dumping."

Flipping through the electronic manual sent by the virtual platform, Bai Xiaowen said, "Of course, we won't do something that would cause heavy losses to both sides; normal operation is fine..."

Bai Xiaowen set the Rye Bread, standard equipment, and silver ingots that had been pre-transported from the territory's warehouse to an exhibition state. Then, he used the Psionic Camera built into his helmet to scan them, generating realistic images in the display case and adding prices, which were of course slightly lower than the market price.

In terms of quantity, Bai Xiaowen generously ordered 99 of each type stacked up!

This is the terrifying aspect of owning a territory. Other shops, even those backed by guilds, wouldn't be able to produce hundreds of "bind-on-equip" items even with a few months of preparation. Yet, the blacksmith shop in Bai Xiaowen's territory can produce 20 pieces of ungraded bind-on-equip items a day, and even 100 pieces would only be enough for 5 days' production.

As for the scarce food supplies on the market, Bai Xiaowen had already saved up several hundred yuan, and the 99 yuan she put up was just the first batch.

In fact, if you take a gradual approach, displaying and selling items one by one, it's easier to sell at higher prices with a steady flow of customers, and it's less likely to impact market prices.

However, with this sales method, Bai Xiaowen would constantly receive "sold out" messages, requiring him to stay in the store for extended periods. He simply didn't have the time. The robot holding up the signs was far more convenient.

With a territory supporting him, Bai Xiaowen naturally needs to use his strong capabilities to break through the situation; there's no need for him to resort to petty tricks.

Bai Xiaowen then exhibited three more items.

Three-star Skill Book [Earth-Shattering Strike].

B-Tier Silver Tier item [Bloodspear Horn].

B-Tier Silver Tier item [Book of Revelation].

"Huh? These things are all useful, are you going to sell them too?" Li Shuyi, somewhat puzzled.

Bai Xiaowen chuckled, "Of course not, look at my price tag."

2018 is here! Wishing all my readers a prosperous and successful new year, and may you all have as much wealth as Bai Xiaowen! Love you all, and thank you for your continued subscriptions. bows