Economics Department, Women's Dormitory - A pure and lovely girl was a bit stunned as she looked at the disconnected phone. "I didn't even get the chance to say anything, and you hung up? Besides, do you even know how much money I need? Stupid brother, are you just brushing me off?"
"Ziyin, does your brother still have money to transfer to you?" At that moment, a sweet-looking girl approached and asked.
Wu Ziyin shook her head, unsure herself. Her brother's salary over there wasn't high, and he had to send her living expenses every month, so he couldn't have saved much. Apart from her brother, she didn't know where else she could borrow money from.
"I think that woman did it on purpose. It's because the man she likes secretly admires you that she's intentionally picking on you. She wants eight thousand yuan for a bottle of broken cosmetics." The girl spoke up, feeling indignant.
"Never mind, I'll just keep my distance from her in the future. It was indeed my fault, I can't blame anyone else. Besides, I checked online, and that cosmetic really does cost over eight thousand." Wu Ziyin said helplessly, a hint of mist forming in her eyes. She clearly knew that the other party did it intentionally, but what could she do? She only blamed herself for being too careless. Over eight thousand was already more than half a year's worth of her living expenses. She felt wronged.
"You, with such a personality, will suffer a big loss sooner or later. Well, it's also my fault. If I hadn't bought that gaming headset, I would have had the money to help you compensate." the girl said.
"Weiwei, don't say that. You lent me all your living expenses, and I don't even know how to thank you. Besides, how will you manage this month?" Wu Ziyin expressed her gratitude to the girl, her roommate, and her best friend, who had always been helping her at school.
"I'll be fine. Worst-case scenario, I'll cry, throw a tantrum, or threaten to hang myself in front of my old man. He won't let me starve." Weiwei said nonchalantly.
Just then, Wu Ziyin received a text message on her phone. Opening it, she saw a notification of a deposit. Staring at the twenty thousand yuan that had been deposited, Wu Ziyin suddenly felt a bit overwhelmed.
"Damn, Ziyin, your brother sure is rich. My dad only gives me three thousand yuan for my monthly living expenses. It's difficult even to ask for an extra yuan. With just one phone call, your brother transfers twenty thousand to you. What a great brother. I want one like that." Weiwei teased.
However, Wu Ziyin didn't respond. Instead, she immediately made a phone call and asked as soon as the other person picked up.
"Brother, where did you get so much money? You didn't do anything bad, did you?"
"What are you thinking? Do I look like that kind of person? I just made some money playing games recently." Wu Shaochen replied.
"Games? Can you really make that much money from games?" Wu Ziyin clearly didn't believe it. She didn't play games much, so it was difficult for her to understand.
Hearing this, Weiwei, who was nearby, quickly added, "Is your brother playing Divine Oracle? If he is, as long as he's skilled enough, making tens of thousands of yuan is not impossible. We have several big shots in our newbie village who make tens of thousands just by selling equipment."
"Ah!" Wu Ziyin was taken aback. She knew that many of her classmates were playing this game, including Weiwei. Although she didn't have any aversion to gamers, she had never thought that games could make money.
"Yes, it's Divine Oracle. I sold some equipment before and made some money. Don't worry, I haven't done anything bad. If it's not enough, I'll ask my brother again." Wu Shaochen's voice came from the other end of the phone once more.
"Okay, thank you, brother. But I don't need that much. You need it too. I'll transfer some back to you." Although she couldn't understand how games could be so profitable, knowing that her brother wasn't involved in anything bad, Wu Ziyin felt relieved. However, she still found it a bit hard to accept having so much money all of a sudden.
"It's fine, I still have more. Just use it for yourself, buy some clothes, cosmetics, and stuff. Girls should take care of themselves and look more refined. Before, I didn't have much money, so I couldn't do it, but now that I have money, we shouldn't compromise ourselves." Wu Shaochen said.
"Brother..." Wu Ziyin's voice choked.
"Alright, alright, go handle your matters quickly." Wu Shaochen said. He knew that unless something had happened, Wu Ziyin wouldn't call him asking for money.
"Okay, then I'll hang up. I'll come to your place during the summer vacation." Wu Ziyin said.
"Okay."
"Hang up?" Weiwei next to her asked.
"Yes, what's up?" Wu Ziyin wondered.
"Oh, I wanted you to ask your brother for his game ID. The game has only been online for less than two days, and people are already making tens of thousands. Your brother must be really good in the game. It would be great if he could take me along." Weiwei looked regretful.
"My brother used to play games a lot, but I'm not sure if he's good or not. But Weiwei, are you saying you can really make that much money in the game?" Wu Ziyin still didn't fully believe it.
"Definitely. I don't know about previous games, but in Divine Oracle, if you're skilled enough, making tens of thousands in a day is not difficult. Do you know about the current top player, Chenfeng? From yesterday till today, in just over a day, he has made nearly five hundred thousand just by selling equipment, not to mention the gold coins he has. I heard that he has around eighty to ninety thousand gold coins from system rewards alone. And now, one gold coin can be sold for ten thousand yuan. That means he has made over one million in just a little over a day, and that's still in the early stages of the game. It will be even more later on." Weiwei said excitedly.
Wu Ziyin's mouth widened in surprise. This was already beyond her knowledge.
"Well... what if I also play?" Wu Ziyin was tempted by what she heard.
"Oh, yeah! Your brother just transferred twenty thousand to you. Even if you compensate that annoying woman with eight thousand, you'll still have twelve thousand left. You can use the remaining money to buy a headset. Okay, it's decided. Let's go for it." Weiwei made the decision decisively.
Chapter 28: No More Talent Enhancement?
After hanging up the phone, Wu Shaochen put on his helmet and entered the game again. He didn't stop and went straight to the depths. Ahead was Black Bear Ridge, where there were many level 17 black bears, which he was planning to farm.
Arriving at Black Bear Ridge, Wu Shaochen instantly became excited when he saw the huge black bears. He used his Insight skill first.
[Black Bear]
Level: 17
Health: 23,000
Physical Attack: 350
Physical Defense: 180
Magic Defense: 100
Speed: 40
Skills: Slam: Slams the ground, dealing 140% physical damage to all targets within a 2-meter range and reducing their movement speed by 30%. Cooldown: 20 seconds.
It seems that ordinary monsters don't pose much of a threat to me. I can just rush in and farm them in groups. One black bear with three layers of poison won't be a problem anymore. 152 poison damage per second for three layers is 456 damage. In 60 seconds, that's a total of 27,000 damage, which can easily take them down.
So Wu Shaochen started farming the monsters recklessly. He would attack each black bear three times and then run away. Soon, a large group of black bears started chasing him. The ones at the back fell one by one, and this farming method gave Wu Shaochen a truly satisfying experience.
However, this satisfaction disappeared when he killed the 89th black bear. At that moment, he only received two system notifications.
"Ding! You killed a [Black Bear] and gained 200 experience points. Additionally, for every five levels above the target, you gain an extra 100 experience points. 20% of the experience is allocated to your pet. Your pet, [Silver Wolf], gained 60 experience points."
"Ding! Immortal Body is activated. Maximum health increased by 1 point. Current Immortal Body has increased maximum health by 218 points."
That's right, the talent enhancement was missing. Wu Shaochen read the system notifications several times to confirm, but there was no talent enhancement. He checked his talent again, and the poison damage was still stuck at 240 points. To confirm the situation, Wu Shaochen killed two more black bears. His experience and Immortal Body increased, but the talent remained the same. Now Wu Shaochen was a bit panicked, as he had never considered this situation before.
He had thought that as long as he kept farming, his talent would continue to grow. But now it seemed there was a limitation. However, he could understand it. Otherwise, if he continued farming like this, it would greatly affect the game balance.
"Does this mean that my maximum poison damage will only be 240 points from now on?" Wu Shaochen thought with some frustration. 240 damage per second is terrifying at the current stage, but as players' strength increases, it won't be enough. If that's the case, then this talent will be quite useless.