"I'm back!"
Shi Kai pushed open the door excitedly and shouted at his roommates who were sitting in the living room.
One of his roommates, Min Wenlin, was playing a game. He said without turning his head, "Why are you back so late? Have you eaten dinner? There are leftovers in the kitchen. You can heat them up. "
Another roommate smiled. "Hurry up, we're waiting for you to do a dungeon together!"
"What dungeon …"
Shi Kai grinned. "I don't want to play Spellsword anymore. I'm going to change games."
"What?"
The three roommates were shocked. They all turned around to look at Shi Kai. Min Wenlin even stood up to touch Shi Kai's forehead. "You don't have a fever, do you?"
Spellsword was an online game released by the famous game company Tempest last year. It was a fantasy RPG game. It won the love of many gamers due to its high quality.
Shi Kai was a fan of Spellsword. He started playing the game right after the server was released. He was considered a veteran player of Spellsword. His main account was level 72 and he belonged to the top army in the entire server.
Most importantly, all three of his roommates had been playing Demon Sword under Shi Kai's guidance. Now that Shi Kai suddenly said that he wanted to play something else instead of Demon Sword, how could they not be surprised?
"Go go go!"
Shi Kai dodged Min Wenlin's hand and said in disdain, "You're the one who's horny!"
He sat down on his computer chair and took out four game cards from the bag he just brought back. He smiled. "Let's play The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer!"
Shi Kai was a technician at an internet company in Shan City. He had been working in Shan City for three years after graduating from university. To save on living expenses, he rented this apartment with a few of his colleagues in the company.
They were around the same age and had a good relationship. What was rare was that they all liked to play games. They often played online games together, killing monsters and doing dungeons together. It was a rare leisure activity in life.
Due to his high gaming skills, Shi Kai naturally became the leader of the four.
"The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer?"
Min Wenlin picked up one of the game cards on the computer table and asked hesitantly, "Is it fun?"
He knew about The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer. It was quite popular a while ago, but there were many new games released. Moreover, he was playing Demon Sword, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
Shi Kai picked up his teacup and took a big gulp of tea. He said, "Our guild's vice president recommended it to me. He tried it out on the first day of the server's launch, and it was pretty good. The most important thing is that the fees are out now. It's very generous!"
One of his roommates was surprised. "It's for a fee?"
Demon Sword was a free online game.
Shi Kai sneered and said, "It's good that there's a fee. Everything that's free is f * cking a scam. Take Demon Sword for example. Our level is already considered very high, right? Didn't you get hacked to death by a little RMB warrior yesterday? "
The three roommates nodded in agreement.
Like Shi Kai, they were all from ordinary families. Although the cost of living in Mountain City was not particularly high, the expenses of clothing, food, and housing were not low, so they tried their best to save as much as possible.
Back when they played Demon Sword with Shi Kai, they also liked the game because it was free. However, when they first fell into the trap, the game was still fine. Now, the developers were racking their brains to make money and introduced all kinds of items that required fees.
The most typical one was to smash weapons. A level 50 gold weapon to 9 stars would cost at least 5000 yuan. If a few soul gems were embedded, it would be normal for it to cost tens of thousands. How could they afford that?
However, if they didn't smash equipment, they wouldn't be able to PK with just their level. Those that did would be like last night, when Shi Kai led everyone to kill a boss, they met a little warrior who was stealing the boss. They thought that they could easily defeat him with four against one, but they were completely destroyed.
The reason was simple. Although the opponent's level was low, he had a full set of 9 star gold soul equipment. He killed Min Wenlin, the thin-skinned mage, with one slash, and Shi Kai, the main tank, couldn't even heal himself with potions. In the end, two of them died and the other two were sent flying.
It was a great humiliation!
But what could they do? It was their fault for not spending money.
Shi Kai said, "Anyway, I don't want to play these free games anymore. This Smiling, The Proud Wanderer doesn't have any items that require fees. It's just selling some cards. 50 cents per hour or 50 yuan per month."
50 cents per hour or 50 yuan per month?
It really wasn't expensive. The most important thing was that there were no items that required fees. This meant that it was fair to all players. There wouldn't be a situation where the four of them could only PK one low-level opponent.
Shi Kai patted the game cards on the table and said, "I bought four monthly cards. The new server will open at 8 tonight. Let's play the new server together!"
Min Wenlin asked, "Then what about our Demon Sword accounts?"
Shi Kai waved his hand, "Sell them all online, sell as many as you can. Oh right …"
He thought of something and said excitedly, "The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer has an auction system. If we get good equipment, we can sell it in the auction house for silver or RMB!"
"That works?"
The three roommates exclaimed. Normally, equipment trading in games was very troublesome. It was easy to get scammed when trading on your own. Using a third party to trade would have to deduct the transaction fees and it would take a long time to get back the money.
The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer actually supported cash auctions. That was really great for gamers like them!
If they were lucky enough to get a top-tier equipment, they could sell it for hundreds or thousands. Wouldn't that be great?
One of the roommates shouted, "Stop talking, hurry up and download the app!"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Everyone quickly closed Demon Sword and downloaded the app according to the website on the game card. Then, they put their Demon Sword accounts up for sale on a third party platform.
Their equipment was all obtained by themselves, so it wasn't worth much. However, their account levels were not bad, so they could sell for at least three or four hundred yuan. Even a mosquito was meat!
In the end, Min Wenlin realized that a large number of Demon Sword accounts were on sale these few days. Many of them were top-tier accounts that were made with RMB. Accounts that were made with tens of thousands of yuan were sold for two or three thousand yuan. It was a huge discount!
Although they couldn't be sure that this was because of The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer, it was obvious that Demon Sword's market was plummeting. The four of them would probably have to go through a discount before they could sell their accounts.
However, they didn't care anymore. Since they were determined to play the new game, it wasn't a pity to lose Demon Sword. They might as well sell their accounts at half the price and wait for the download to finish.
At 8 at night, before the new server opened, the four of them successfully registered their accounts and logged into The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer.
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