Chapter 172

"Level 40 ordinary players still cannot deal with a Dark Abyss creature alone."

"Second is the drop rate issue. If one's own Luck stat is high, it doesn't matter, but not all players have high Luck."

"It's good enough if 1 Dark Gem drops from 10 monsters."

Yet even so, the experience gained was quite substantial.

After all, players' levels had mostly caught up now, and with such a large base of people, the gem income wouldn't be bad.

"Let's accept the quest first."

"Notification: You have accepted the S-rank quest [Open the Dark Abyss]."

After accepting the quest, Qin Feng handed the quest book to the main city's mayor's secretary and said, "Help me post a quest."

Qin Feng's authority was currently comparable to that of an Emperor.

So the secretary did not refuse; he didn't dare to refuse.

Moreover, as long as one's authority is high enough, quests between main cities can be interconnected.

This meant that no matter which main city a player was in, they could accept the quest.

Qin Feng stated his requirements.

The secretary remembered them clearly.

Before long, a quest notification was domineeringly pinned to the top of the quest boards in all major cities.

"[Open the Dark Abyss] (S-rank quest)"

"Quest Rank: S-rank."

"Quest Content: Go to the Dark Abyss to kill abyss creatures and submit the obtained [Dark Gem] to the auction house."

"Quest Reward: The auction house will buy them back at a rate of 1,000 gold coins per [Dark Gem]; over 10 gems, 10,000 gold coins; over 100 gems, 100,000 gold coins per gem."

"Quest Restrictions: Level 40+ players, players without a guild."

"Quest Duration: Long-term."

Qin Feng had specifically tailored this quest for solo players without a guild.

Because the base of solo players was so large; although their quality wasn't great, there were just so many of them.

This segment could not be abandoned.

And rewarding gold coins was one of Qin Feng's little calculations.

Most players currently couldn't accept this quest, so the [Dark Gems] they dropped naturally couldn't be converted into cash.

In other words, [Dark Gems] were of no use to ordinary players.

By enticing them with profit and adding layers of incentives, Qin Feng made the players work hard for him.

It was naturally a win-win method.

The players received gold coin rewards, while Qin Feng could take the [Dark Gems] dropped by the players to claim his own rewards.

As for Qin Feng spending money...

Qin Feng's current wealth had accumulated to an exaggerated degree.

One must know that Qin Feng owned six sets of real estate (houses) plus a street of shops (currently all managed by the bank).

He also had an auction house in a monopoly position.

There were also gold mines, banks, and income from teleportation arrays.

Of course, there was now another major source: the Junlin Guild ruled nearly one-third of the territory of the Continent of Gods.

The region had over 1 billion NPCs and 50 million players under its jurisdiction.

Just from daily tax collection, Qin Feng could collect 1.5 to 1.6 billion gold coins—and that's every day.

Added to the growth of the bank, the total assets of the bank (all of Qin Feng's assets) added up to an astronomical figure.

Weekly income was roughly between 5 billion and 8 billion.

This was after having experienced the [Undead Calamity] not long ago; everything was now in a period of rising prosperity.

Once it reached its peak, the weekly income would likely be around 10 billion.

Of course, there were expenses, but they didn't account for much—roughly 1 to 2 billion.

Calculating this way, there was a surplus of about 6 billion.

So Qin Feng was now unequivocally the richest man!

Almost every player in the China region owed Qin Feng money.

From the moment they opened their eyes, they were either generating profit for Qin Feng or paying taxes to him.

This little bit of money was truly just a drop in the bucket.

Qin Feng divided the quest into two versions.

The version for solo players was one way, while the version for guild players was another.

It was just that the gold coins were replaced with guild contribution points.

Qin Feng was very thick-skinned.

Guild contribution points were not real gold and silver.

He didn't even have to pay out of his own pocket.

But he knew that guild players would prefer guild contribution points more.

Because things that money could buy, guild contribution points could also buy.

But things that guild contribution points could buy, money might not necessarily be able to.

Qin Feng opened the guild interface and posted the quest.

"[Open the Dark Abyss] (S-rank quest)"

"Quest Rank: S-rank."

"Quest Content: Go to the Dark Abyss to kill abyss creatures and submit the obtained [Dark Gem] to the guild warehouse."

"Quest Reward: The guild warehouse will buy them back at a rate of 100 points per [Dark Gem]; over 10 gems, 1,000 points; over 100 gems, 10,000 points per gem."

"Quest Restrictions: Level 40+ players, Junlin Guild players."

"Quest Duration: Long-term."

Qin Feng's current level was 107.

To reach level 108, he needed 8 billion experience points.

So Qin Feng played it smart and accepted the [Open the Dark Abyss] quest.

For solo players, Qin Feng used a gold coin offensive.

For guild players who valued guild points more, he adopted the method of guild contribution points.

No matter which one, it could mobilize the players' enthusiasm.

In short, it was a win-win situation.

Storm City.

Dai Cheng-hua saw the quest board surrounded by players.

Three layers deep inside and out, he was very curious.

He caught a player and asked, "Big brother, what are they looking at?"

"What else could they be looking at? Just accepting a quest," the player said.

A quest?

What kind of quest could gather so many players?

It seemed the player saw Dai Cheng-hua's confusion.

The player said, "I can tell you're not a local, brother."

Dai Cheng-hua smiled embarrassedly, "I just returned from the Tianyu Mountains. I'm from the Frost Main City side. Does it have something to do with this quest?"

"Hahaha, of course it does," the player laughed. "When this quest first came out, many players accepted it. Most of those who haven't accepted it by now are from out of town."

"What kind of quest is so popular?" Dai Cheng-hua was even more curious.

"This quest has a huge gold coin reward!" The player's eyes lit up when he mentioned gold coins.

"That's gold coins, and it's valid long-term with no time limit!"

Dai Cheng-hua was moved. There was such a good thing!!!

One must know that gold coin quests are very hard to get, and even if you get one, the difficulties you have to face are immense.