After buying the book, Yang Yi had basically emptied his points balance. He spent the rest of his time browsing, seeing whether anyone else wanted to buy anything so he could help look for it.
The Collector's Hall was enormous, with six floors. Its footprint was nothing like the thousand or so square meters suggested by its exterior. Each floor felt larger than a million square meters, with room for vast numbers of players to move around and find collectors they wanted to trade with.
There were around three thousand collectors. That might not have been the total number of collectors in existence, and the collectors open for business might differ each time the hall opened.
Hong Yanyan and the others were broadcasting the situation inside the hall in real time. Once it was confirmed to be safe, the other players could hardly wait to come in and explore. Many regretted spending too many points on blind boxes. The way trades worked in the hall was clearly more appealing, and it was easier to buy good things here.
The restrictions were soon relaxed, and a second batch of fifty thousand players was allowed inside.
From then on, the Collector's Hall would open daily, admitting a maximum of a hundred thousand players a day. Only when visitor numbers dwindled and the novelty wore off would the restrictions be lifted entirely.
As large numbers of players poured in, the hall immediately grew lively. Collectors in all sorts of nooks and crannies were found. Even a palm-sized collector, about the same size as an ordinary Light Fairy, was discovered hiding inside a lampshade. Only after being found did the collector reluctantly take out some miniature equipment and creations, apparently a Miniature Model Collector.
Not every collector was willing to trade. Some had to