Chapter 87: Change

After waiting for a day, Feng Buxi logged back in with a new disguise; although the ID above his head remained the same, the person himself had changed.

There was no help for it; after all, he was registered with the Wealth Church, and if a person who had already died were to suddenly appear, it would certainly lead to unexpected misunderstandings.

This was also the most realistic aspect of this game.

Fortunately, the game account had not changed; he still had his investment given to Andrew, and his own pension had gone straight into Andrew's pocket.

When the next test came around, he would not be overly embarrassed.

Emerging from the Sewers, Feng Buxi felt that the outside was no longer the Tana City he knew.

Even the Central Street area carried a sense of desolation.

Shops that were usually open were now basically in a closed state, and there were almost no pedestrians on the road except for long queues.

Aside from those doing clerical work in government departments who could commute as usual, most people in the Central Street area were in a state of unemployment.

Therefore, there were an exceptionally large number of people queuing to receive relief.

No one could afford the Grain in the grain shops, let alone bread; the price of all Grain in the entire Tana City had skyrocketed, and even with relief Grain available, no one went to purchase it.

"Mengmeng really did close the shop." Feng Buxi shook his head with regret; he had originally wanted to buy a donut to eat, as he was a wealthy man now, after all.

"I've been looking for you for ages, why didn't you say anything when you logged on?" From afar, he saw Yunxiao running over holding two loaves of bread. "Hurry up and go queue over there to collect bread."

"Huh? Do we still need to queue?"

"Don't you dare not queue; there's nowhere in the whole city selling Grain right now. If you want to eat your fill, you have to go collect bread, and if you have some left over, you can give it to the children at the Orphanage." Yunxiao pushed and shoved, pulling Feng Buxi to the back of the line. "All the players are doing this now, even those in the Guard Team are doing the same."

Thinking of those children and the posts on the forum, Feng Buxi nodded.

The players were indeed going to end this test in a few days.

Although the officials had not explicitly stated it, the players all knew that there would be a data wipe after this test ended.

In this way, the players would enter the game with new identities next time.

Those members of the Guard Team also began to ask for leave; according to the speed of the game updates, they needed to ask for about a week of leave.

The War Church also agreed; Leinde knew very well how great the reaction would be after people went to the battlefield for the first time, so he specifically gave these young people half a month of leave.

This meant that players did not have to worry about losing their existing identities after the game was patched and updated.

It was just that not being able to log in for a week was a kind of torment for the players.

However, at the thought of being able to do something for the children in the game after logging off, the players didn't care about making money or quests anymore.

Seeing the players' enthusiasm so low, Chen Zhi was also looking for a way.

Always wiping data was not a solution; although he wanted to get the money the players earned into his own hands, well, this data wiping business was really too unreliable.

Especially since every player's timeline was different.

It was fine now that there were few people, but what if players did important quests alone in the future?

Chen Zhi felt it was necessary to open a non-wipe closed beta, but how to control the degree was another problem.

"Susan, how many assets does Andrew have over there now?" Chen Zhi asked softly.

Susan, who was hunched over the ledger, looked up and said nervously, "Currently, we have acquired the Alex Farm, though it is an abandoned farm near the dock area that hasn't produced any Grain for many years. Additionally, we directly purchased three shops, all on Central Street; that area was affected by rioters, and the three shops total nine hundred square meters, with all the goods inside already lost... Heinke's two shops are also not open now, uh... we also purchased three warehouses near the Train station, one of which stores some cloth from a few years ago that hasn't been inventoried yet. Archbishop Andrew... took the liberty of purchasing a plot of land in the Factory District, hoping the new Believers can help him build it into a second dormitory; on one hand, it is to facilitate the new Believers, and on the other, it is to accommodate more followers..."

"I understand. Remember to use the remaining money to buy seeds and deal with the crisis. The main thing is to ensure the Believers have enough food and clothing." Chen Zhi always felt that Tana City would become even more chaotic, and Andrew was relatively well-planned.

It was just that he didn't know what Tana City would eventually turn into.

While queuing, Yunxiao complained to Feng Buxi about the recent affairs of the Wealth Church.

"The Wealth Church isn't doing so well now. Feng Buer said that in a few days, the church will send a new captain, and he needs to go to headquarters to apologize. I don't know where he will be sent, so there's no way he can help me awaken."

He had originally thought he could go all-in, but he didn't expect to lose even that opportunity.

"It's a good thing I already awakened. When I logged in, it even let me choose whether not to awaken or to inherit; it seems the game developers have already realized this point." Feng Buxi said with relief, "We can still invest in industries later."

"That's hard to say. Look at the state of Tana City now; some of the middle class have already taken the Train to run away these past two days." Yunxiao curled his lips. "Houses in the city aren't worth anything now, but not many people can afford to buy them."

"What about our money? What did Andrew buy?" Feng Buxi asked hurriedly; his pension was all with Andrew, and if the investment wasn't good, wouldn't he lose out?

"He bought some shops, but I think it would have been more appropriate to buy them in a few days. He also bought a Nongzhuang and is said to be planning to buy a winery." Yunxiao had inquired quite clearly. "Why do you only care about these things and not the Wealth Church?"

"I can't go back anyway. Listening to the state you described, I think I can go check out the Sun God Cult." Feng Buxi blinked. "I heard the Sun God Cult's church has already started breaking ground."

"Yeah, I really didn't expect that after a great upheaval, the one that changed the most would be the Sun God Cult." Yunxiao sighed.

This church, which had always been semi-underground, had suddenly come to the forefront.

Because they had secured free Grain for the people of Tana City, their reputation was now extremely high.

The Edmond Theater had also become popular because it played more scripts from the Sun God Cult; of course, they couldn't charge high ticket prices, as most of the current Sun God Cult Believers still couldn't afford them.

It seemed only the Wealth Church had become worse.

(End of this chapter)