After hearing Su Ye's words, the team leader fell silent for a few seconds, then gave him a thumbs-up.
"Since you have that many Survival Coins, you could use this opportunity to upgrade your Silver Card to a Gold Card."
"There are two ways," the team leader said. "The first is to spend thirty million Survival Coins at your first auction. That will get you a Gold Card outright. It only works the first time. At any auction after that, even spending a hundred million won't help."
"The second is to get to know some NPCs, especially ones who hold Gold Cards. With an NPC's recommendation, you can get a Gold Card too."
"Does a Gold Card come with any privileges?" Su Ye asked.
"Of course it does. Besides making you a VIP at any service area you visit, it also unlocks things ordinary players can't access."
"Take the Commerce Tower, for instance. They say you can buy anything there, but if you're just an ordinary player, there are still things you can't buy even with ten billion Survival Coins."
"Those things have status requirements. A Gold Card unlocks some of those hidden items."
Su Ye understood.
He suddenly recalled his earlier visit to the Commerce Tower to buy a Vehicle-Mounted Furnace. Perhaps the biggest issue hadn't been his lack of Survival Coins, but his lack of status.
No wonder Shang Yan had been unwilling to elaborate back then and had only told him to attend the Survival Bank's auction.
After the team leader explained a few more details, Su Ye struck and finished off all three of them.
He collected the three Secret Realm Crystals they dropped, returned to his vehicle, and used the Designated Service Area Card, selecting the Survival Bank as his destination.
As the card dissolved,