Chapter 43

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Chapter 43: A New Clue!

"With Ye Qiu, the reborn person, around, along with the foolishly wealthy person, this group is growing too quickly."

"It’s time to target them."

But how should we target them specifically?

Shall we try to set up some strange killings to scare them a few times?

There’s no need for that, it’s just treating the symptoms, not the root cause.

This can only temporarily restrain the player called Watermelon.

Enhance the monsters?

No, enhancing the monsters will not only target them, but all players.

We need to think of some ideas that only apply to them.

"For example, to claim land, you must enclose it all. Otherwise, others can claim the land inside the enclosed area."

"So now, you have a place to spend your copper coins, right?"

"Haha, trying to exploit my loophole, huh? Just enclosing one side of the land."

"Of course, that’s not enough."

"Next, I will reduce the amount of copper coins dropped by monsters, increasing the value of copper coins again, and reducing inflation."

"However, this will only affect the short-term situation."

"To establish a long-term and stable monetary system, we need to control the source of money…"

"For example, fixing the daily number of monster spawns."

"This way, players will find that they encounter fewer and fewer monsters to defeat, from being everywhere at first, to only respawning at dawn every day."

"So, even if they manage to clear out all the monsters in one day, the amount of coins they can earn will still be within a manageable range."

"Of course, this doesn’t have a big impact on teams that are not very efficient at defeating monsters."

"At most, before they could earn 30 copper coins from defeating monsters, but now it has reduced to 15 copper coins."

"But for teams like Fang Ze’s, it’s different."

"If their daily earnings per person were over a hundred, this time they can only get around fifty at most."

"And even if they improve their efficiency, because there are fewer monsters and more players, it will be very hard to get more monsters to defeat."

"These changes will be saved for the next update."

"It’s scheduled for five days from now."

"It’s been 50 days in the game, but now we can add the setting to limit the number of monsters."

"Even though these people can’t reach this upper limit right now, it’s better to be safe than sorry."

"After all, what if?"

"What if they come up with some crazy tactics during this time, go wild on killing monsters, and crash the currency system."

"So, to be on the safe side, this setting needs to be added first."

"Each day, only a thousand high-level demon beasts respawn, yielding thirty thousand copper coins."

"Ten thousand middle-level demon beasts respawn, yielding two hundred thousand copper coins."

"One hundred thousand low-level demon beasts respawn, yielding one million copper coins."

"This way, the total daily earnings for all players on the first level will not exceed one million two hundred and thirty thousand copper coins."

"Of course, the copper coins obtained by players through trading and selling materials are not included in this."

"After the profits are halved, the daily earnings will be limited to within sixty thousand copper coins."

Sounds like a lot, right?

So, what if the number of online players is ten million, or even a hundred million?

In that case, the earnings from the first level are not even enough for each player to get one copper coin per day.

But after all, it’s only the first level.

There are still monster earnings from the second, third, and fourth levels.

Of course, Chen Ye will also control them.

But he won’t make players too short of copper coins, instead adjusting it to an appropriate value based on the number of players.

Just make sure the player’s copper coins don’t get too full.

Besides, who says this game only has copper coins?

100 copper coins equals 1 silver coin.

100 silver coins equals 1 gold coin.

Decimal?

It doesn’t exist.

1 gold coin equals 10,000 copper coins. Are you rich yet?

Then the player might say, "Can’t I just keep my coins?"

I melted one hundred copper coins and got something worth much more than one silver coin.

Okay.

Our future NPCs only accept silver coins and gold coins.

Also, for future title upgrades, we will also need silver coins and gold coins.

What will you choose?

Moreover, isn’t it heavy to carry a hundred or a thousand copper coins with you?

How many copper coins can you carry at once with your strength?

I believe for the sake of convenience, some players will definitely choose silver coins and gold coins.

It’s like choosing between carrying a hundred coins or a 100 yuan banknote when you go out in real life.

Some people will definitely choose banknotes.

Because it’s convenient.

Of course, I choose to pay with my phone.

As for players making counterfeit coins themselves?

That doesn’t exist.

Firstly, there are no gold and silver ores in the game.

Secondly, NPCs can tell which coins are fake.

You said you made coins from copper ore yourself, sorry, the NPC won’t accept them.

With that said, the currency system will become more balanced.

Chen Ye was in a good mood and decided to transform directly into the eye of God to observe the situation of Ye Qiu and the others.

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Inside the mine.

The main resource in this mine is coal, and it has a total of sixteen layers.

It took Fang Ze and the others two days and one night to reach the deepest part.

Poof!

As Du Yuan charged forward with his shield, he plunged a sword into the heart of a magic-enchanted giant bear, clearing the monsters on the surface of the mine.

As for the monsters inside the tunnel, they were not their concern.

Dropping his weapons and shield, Du Yuan sat down on the ground, "Phew, so tired, but hey, have you noticed that the armor feels lighter than before?"

Ye Qiu looked at Du Yuan, "Yes, but it’s not that the armor is lighter, it’s that our strength and stamina have improved through continuous battles."

"Only then will you feel the armor becoming lighter."

"Gosh, there’s this setting too?"

"So, can we exercise and improve our skills in the game?"

"Sure."

"This is so cool!"

Brother Watermelon didn’t care about those, he just kept saying to himself, "I’m so lucky, these days I haven’t died once, and my soul lifespan is already over a hundred!"

"This armor is a bit heavy, but its defensive capabilities are top-notch."

Fang Ze also dropped his weapon and sat on the ground to catch his breath, saying, "Actually, the best training is continuous real combat."

"Let’s rest for a while, there’s still some time left before the mine refreshes."

Zhang Qingyan was different from the others. Instead of using heavy weapons and armor to fight monsters with brute force, he used a bow and arrows.

Even though his bow and arrows were tiring to use, his leather armor was lighter and more convenient.

Therefore, he found the battle much easier compared to the others.

Apart from Zhang Qingyan, Fly also found it easier to kill monsters by stabbing them from behind with two small knives.

However, it was still very easy to die.

Fly would die at least once a day, but he still enjoyed backstabbing monsters.

Even after dying multiple times, he never got tired of it.

In his own words, he loved the thrill of dancing on the edge of death, with blades dripping with blood!

When Ye Qiu heard this, he could only pray silently, hoping that you would think the same way when the game arrived.

Seeing everyone resting, Ye Qiu slowly opened the map, "If the secret of the wolf is hidden in the mine, then our mine is actually the most likely."

Fang Ze heard this and adjusted his non-existent glasses, don’t ask, it’s a habit.

"Is it because this mine corresponds to the wolf’s head?"

Ye Qiu nodded, "Yes, the sixteen mines are arranged in a line, each one far apart from the next."

"Only here at the wolf’s head, this mine’s position is closer to the neighboring mines, and it stands out quite a bit."

Fang Ze also looked at the map, "Hmm… this point is indeed a prominent tip like a nose."

"Then let’s search around and see if there are any clues."

After resting, everyone started a thorough search in the lower levels of the mine.

Unfortunately, they only found a few bodies.

In addition, there was a pickaxe on the body.

Fang Ze and others also found these pickaxes in other mines, but they took them out and sold them easily.

Of course, they kept a few for themselves to prevent a sudden increase in the miners’ profession.

If that’s the case, the few of them would just become miners directly.

They are top players!

They always follow the updates.

Before the update is released, they will predict the situation of the next update and prepare accordingly.

As for those who go against the update…

Never mind.

"The mine refresh time is almost here."

"Grass, just like the previous mines, there is nothing here."

"Oh, let’s continue to the next mine tomorrow."

Fang Ze said, closing his eyes.

And at that moment, the mine suddenly started shaking violently!

The movement was not noticeable from the outside, but Fang Ze and the others inside felt like there was an earthquake!

The next second, they all turned into a white light and were ejected out.

Fang Ze opened his eyes, waved to the others, and said, "Let’s go, let’s not search anymore tonight, let’s go out to eat."

"Wait!"

Just then, Ye Qiu suddenly called out to the people who were about to retreat.

"Did you all feel that shake just now?"

Du Yuan paused, "I felt it. What’s wrong? Maybe it’s just some noise from the mine getting active again?"

Ye Qiu looked at them in fear, "Are you sure, Old Du?"

"Have you all forgotten that the last time we heard noise from another mine, something happened there?!"

Everyone fell silent.

Fang Ze immediately changed his expression, "Are you saying that the shake we felt just now wasn’t from the mine getting active, but from…"

"Something else?"

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