Chapter 8: Fat Sheep

Samsara Game opening, day five.

Most players still maintain their enthusiasm; a minority, however, are insane.

Especially the civilian players who were quite afraid at the beginning; after discovering they would not die and could purchase food and gold from the Game Mall, their game levels quickly caught up to the ninja players.

Although they lack combat awareness, which leads to them mostly trading their lives for the monsters when killing them.

Resurrection also requires the deduction of Reward Points.

Soulless artificial bodies have no concept of death; they are like precisely operating machines. If their limbs are broken, they are reattached; if their heads are sliced off, another is molded.

Therefore, the consumption for Fang Yi to restore an artificial body is minimal.

The Reinforcement after leveling up is bound to the player's soul, so even for a reinforced artificial body, it still does not require many Reward Points.

On the bustling commercial street of the Capital City,

The white-haired loli, holding candied haws and fried chicken nuggets, her mouth oily from eating, asked: "If resurrection costs money, won't that dampen the players' enthusiasm?"

An arm reached into the paper bag, and the white-haired loli quietly clamped down, but still could not avoid the fate of the chicken nuggets being taken away.

Fang Yi, eating a fried chicken nugget coated in sauce, said: "You don't understand this. Most players now have already touched the threshold of becoming professionals. Even after deducting game time, they can still earn fifty Reward Points every day."

"The ninjas are even more exaggerated; they are all already professionals, and the Reward Points from the Pollution Monsters they hunt every day reach into the hundreds."

Glancing at the last piece of fried chicken in the bag, Fang Yi said: "Resurrection fees are charged according to level; five Reward Points per time—is that very expensive?"

Reality is different from a game, after all.

In the later stages, it is inevitable that there will be real, life-and-death clashes with the Pollution Source in the real world.

Charging for resurrection can prevent some players from abusing death to hunt, giving up on improving their own combat skills and abilities, and it also provides extra income.

The white-haired loli was quick-witted; without using her hands, she dove her head directly into the paper bag and ate the last fried chicken nugget.

Almost choking, she pounded her flat chest, and after catching her breath, she asked: "But, the Reward Points for on-the-spot resurrection cost a full ten times as much—this is too expensive!"

Fang Yi's mouth curled up, and he said: "I didn't force anyone to resurrect on the spot. You can choose normal resurrection, and you will be directly teleported back to the Novice Village."

The white-haired loli gnawed on a candied haw and asked strangely: "Then in that case, wouldn't on-the-spot resurrection be meaningless?"

The two walked to the side of a lively stall and found it crowded with people; the white-haired loli curiously poked her head in to look.

But because she was too short, she couldn't see anything.

Seeing this, Fang Yi grabbed her by the back of her collar and lifted her up so she could see the situation inside the stall.

At the same time, he explained with a smile: "There are always special circumstances. Think about it carefully: if you encounter a rare Elite monster in the wild and die at that moment, would you choose to resurrect back in town?"

The white-haired loli thought for a moment and immediately perceived her master's sinister intentions.

Fang Yi smiled insidiously: "If you resurrect back in town, by the time you run back to the spot, the Elite monster will likely have already left. What if you spent Life Potion and expensive items, struggling with all your might to beat the Elite monster down to its last sliver of health—would you still resurrect back in town at that point?"

"What's even more infuriating is that when you resurrect and return, you find the Elite monster was snatched by a passing player. Can you endure that kind of pain?"

"Therefore, I very considerately prepared the on-the-spot resurrection option for the players."

"I don't love Reward Points; my happiest days were the time I spent as a merchant—it was all the players' voluntary behavior."

The white-haired loli only thought about how fortunate she was to be the master's World Consciousness, and not one of those players being schemed against.

Otherwise, let alone eating candied haws and fried chicken, even her panties would be swindled away by the master.

Under the dissatisfied gazes of others, Fang Yi's expression remained normal; he calmly jumped left and right, squeezing his way into the center of the stall.

"I choose number nine!"

A mature woman with long golden hair, a tall figure, and a broad chest shouted loudly.

On her smooth, fair forehead was a purple diamond-shaped mark, and her rosy lips made her look quite charming.

"Congratulations, jar number nine has produced an Ox-Head clay figurine."

The stall owner had a pile of pottery jars in front of him, marked with numbers. After smashing the jar the woman chose, inside was an exquisitely shaped Ox-Head.

The woman took a deep breath, her fist slamming onto the table; the immense force nearly caused the tabletop to collapse.

"Another Ox-Head! I want the grand prize!"

The short-haired woman beside her, holding a small pig, covered her face, tugged at the woman above, and said: "Lady Tsunade, don't gamble anymore. If you spend all the money for the inn, we will only be able to sleep on the streets."

Tsunade curled her lips, holding the Ox-Head, and said with great dissatisfaction in her eyes: "But I want the Teemo doll in the bunny outfit."

She had just extended her finger, pointing at an inconspicuous pottery jar in the corner.

Before she could speak, she was beaten to it by Fang Yi, who was standing to the side.

"Congratulations, your grand prize, a Teemo doll in the bunny skin!"

The atmosphere was somewhat subtle.

Tsunade turned her head, staring fixedly at the snow-white doll, which was taken by Fang Yi and handed to the white-haired little girl beside him.

Seeing the grand prize appear, the onlookers gradually dispersed.

Tsunade gritted her teeth as she looked at the young man who had suddenly appeared and snatched her grand prize, and said: "Stop right there!"

"Me?"

Fang Yi glanced suspiciously at the furious Tsunade.

He recognized her: this was the female ninja famous throughout the Ninja World, Princess Tsunade of Konohagakure.

That was why he had snatched the pottery jar first.

Because he knew that inside this pottery jar was the grand prize Tsunade was looking forward to.

This novel Pottery Jar Lottery method was one of Fang Yi's businesses in the Capital City.

In his second year after transmigrating to Huoying Shijie, due to a shortage of funds, he wrote two novels with League of Legends as the background story to make money, which sold well in the entertainment-starved Ninja World.

Then, he took the opportunity to sell doll merchandise and promised to buy back rare dolls at high prices, hyping the price of the dolls to a very high level.

A limited-edition bunny Teemo doll could sell for a market price of two million.

Tsunade, who had bought most of the pottery jars at the stall and didn't even have money for lodging, watched as the two-million grand prize was snatched away by someone else.

No wonder she was furious.

Tsunade gritted her teeth and said, "This clay pot was clearly spotted by me first, yet you snatched it away!"

"Since that is the case, then I will give it to you."

Fang Yi smiled indifferently; seeing that the white-haired loli was not interested in the doll, he reached out and tossed the doll to Tsunade.

Her hands sank from the weight.

Tsunade's expression went blank, and she did not know how to continue with what she had intended to say.

How was the young man before her not playing by the rules?

The clay pot had been snatched away, and Tsunade had only wanted to curse a few times to vent her anger, but since it was a grand prize opened by him, she certainly would not resort to snatching it back.

She still had that much gambling integrity, but she had not expected that the other party would actually give her a doll worth two million just like that?

Tsunade narrowed her eyes, unable to figure out the young man's train of thought.

Who doesn't like a blonde with big breasts?

Fang Yi thought to himself,

Of course, those were just the shallow thoughts of ordinary people; as the master of the Samsara Game, he cared more about Tsunade's potential.

Being able to become a Shadow-level expert, her combat aptitude and soul strength made her an extremely excellent candidate for a player.

Being able to run into her was an unexpected joy.

Although the "cast a wide net" method of player recruitment could quickly gather Reward Points and possess a large number of ordinary players,

a game, if it wants to clear high-difficulty dungeons and the final boss, requires Elites and an Elite Squad; Elite players are indispensable.

The Tsunade before him had the potential of an Elite player.

(End of this chapter)