Yang Yi had considered the possibility of players settling down, but that had actually been intended for the people of the One-Eye Cult. He simply hadn't expected... other players to exploit the system's loophole first and move over.
That was fine too.
Steam Island ought to bring in more people early on to liven the place up. Once the population grew, he could consider the requirements for settling down.
Housing on Steam Island currently cost anywhere from 10,000 to 100,000 Conch Coins per square meter, with prices varying by location. Many homes were still under construction and could be reserved with a deposit, but each person was limited to one property, and transfers were prohibited, minimizing market disruption by scalpers or resellers.
After the first player settled down, the second, third, and fourth players soon arrived to buy or reserve properties.
Yang Yi made another sum of money.
With so many people around, however, a few minor conflicts still broke out between players, though none resulted in deaths. Most were verbal abuse.
The disputes mainly concerned shop rentals and competition to buy goods. There was also one traffic accident.
Steam Island's officials arrived before things escalated. After imposing substantial fines on those responsible, they "escorted" them off Steam Island and barred them from returning for a month.
Judging by this, however, the construction of a prison and police station also had to go on the agenda. Crowds inevitably bred disorder, and public security required enforcement agencies to maintain it.
Three days later.
Through the combined efforts of multiple parties, Steam Island's commercial district finally began to take shape.
One strong piece of evidence was that the number of visiting players had risen rather than fallen over the past few days. Every day, players in the World Chat Channel asked