Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch - Chapter 259
Chapter 259: Chapter 257: Money in a Hemp Sack!
Translator: 549690339
At least on this map with the largest number of celebrity players, the Red Armored Brigade had not gained any momentum and was the first to be disbanded.
The Yellow Armored Brigade from the game platform discussion group and the Black Armored Brigade from the forum alliance only showed some active performance in breaking through the inner circle and intercepting other players.
However, both were unexpectedly surrounded and killed by the Natives during the second shrinking of the circle.
Finally, only a few scattered players remained, unable to influence the overall situation of the game.
As one of the only two remaining forces, Camille Victoria’s “Blue Uniform Army” was leisurely waiting for the Lock-picking Master to open the vault door after completely eliminating the resistance of the Metropolis Bank.
In the original game design, a 10-person team of players needed to carry a very, very abundant supply of weapons and ammunition, and under extremely low fault tolerance, break through the obstacles and rush to the vault door.
Then, during the 10 minutes when the lock-picking master was busy, they had to hold their ground firmly, resisting wave after wave of bank security and
Metropolis Police in order to open the vault door and obtain the wealth inside.
Then, with the stolen wealth, they had to break through the encirclement and escape.
This was an almost impossible task!
But now, they had directly brought a whole squad of people, even using a tank to clear the way, sweeping away the enemy.
And no new police force joined in.
This led to an entirely different situation!
They even had so much time to spare that they sat on the ground chatting while waiting for the lock to be picked.
Even though there were only 10 minutes left, many people found it extremely difficult to cope when the intense competition suddenly stopped.
Especially watching the tank roll over the stairs and marble, charging back and forth outside the bank’s gate.
But they lost the game of chance and couldn’t go in. Watching others have fun only made them feel more anxious! Time went by, second by second.
Finally—
“It’s open!” The lockpicking master shouted, opening the vault.
The impatient crowd quickly got to their feet and filed in one after another.
A stack of neatly arranged cash came into view, more than half a person’s height!
Not far away, even more gold glittered…
“Is that… gold?!” Camille Victoria’s brain couldn’t think fast enough, and her legs had already carried her past the stacks of cash, right towards the pile of gold!
With a leap, she jumped right onto the waist-high platform made of gold bricks, “Don’t stop me! I want to sleep on this pile of gold!”
“Take photos for me! Record a video!”
“Whoosh!”
On the other side, someone couldn’t help it and cooperated with others to push down a neatly stacked mountain of gold, not caring about their waist getting sore, and jumped in with a leap.
—After all, the pain in the game would be converted into an impact, so they weren’t afraid of being sore.
The stacks of cash that everyone had been staring at just a moment ago had now been discarded like old shoes.
Everyone couldn’t help but surround the piles of gold, holding it in their hands to feel the weight and the power of wealth up close!
“Group photo! Group photo!” Someone shouted for a commemorative photo.
“Hold on! Please give me some time!” Another player interrupted, “Let me build a golden pyramid! Let’s take a photo with the pyramid! ”
“Golden my ass! What about the game? Who Imows when someone might come in! Hurry up!” “One, two, three, amazing!”
“Click! Click! Click!”
Accompanied by the sound of camera shutters from the timed continuous shooting, one photo after another entered Camille Victoria’s personal panel photo album.
However, these photos would only be sent to everyone after the game was over.
“Next, everyone try to pack as much money as possible!”
This was not an easy task.
The purpose of setting up a bank in the virtual world was to let players rob it.
But water couldn’t be let loose so easily, so there still had to be some restrictions on the amount of virtual currency players could obtain.
So, just like a real bank, a small bank branch would only have a few hundred thousand in cash.
Normally, in their own virtual world, a small bank would just be a matter of a sackful.
Medium-sized banks usually have more, but generally no more than 10 sacks of money. If there happens to be more than that, it’s considered a stroke of luck.
However, it is clear that the Metropolis Bank is different.
Corresponding to its extreme difficulty, the vault is truly immense, and the amount of funds is overwhelming for the players!
—So much that it’s impossible to carry it all at once!
At this point, we must mention once again an “ancient” rule—the rule of change of item ownership.
Super Tomato once created a beginner’s guide called “The Ten Commandments for Newbies,” which mentions that ownership is granted after holding an item for 20 minutes.
Originally, the proceeds from a bank robbery were also within this range.
However, players generally reported that escaping the pursuit of the Metropolis Police for 20 minutes while carrying bags of money was difficult and not enjoyable.
So later, the ownership change time for money earned from bank robberies was reduced to 10 minutes.
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—Especially in the highly competitive game setting.
Fortunately, once the cash belongs to a player, it can be digitized and turned into a string of numbers on their personal panel.
So, the plan is for each person to carry as much cash as possible, hold it for 10 minutes, and turn it into a guaranteed profit.
This will ensure that even if they are eliminated, they will still have a few sets of Metropolis real estate in their account.
Next, if a player wants more cash than continuing the game, they will keep collecting money.
Those who want to continue the competition and fight for a higher ranking will do so.
The audience watches as the players on the live stream abandon their guns and ammunition, desperately stuffing money into the sacks, leaving an uncomfortable feeling.
—The sacks were “borrowed” from a convenience store along the way. These details were, of course, researched beforehand.
When the audience sees that everyone has their money and is sitting on the ground with it, looking dazed, the feeling of unease intensifies!
“What are you doing?! This is a battlefield!”
“Can you please look outside? The Orange Army is searching and hunting down the remaining players. It will be your turn soon!”
“Can’t you be a little more tense?!”
“Aren’t you worried? You guys didn’t even get many points, right? Aren’t you afraid of being eliminated?!”
However, this kind of emotion does not reach the players inside the game. They are happily chatting while holding the sacks of gold bricks.
“We originally just wanted to play in a group, but we didn’t expect to break into Metropolis Bank. Feels like we made a fortune!”
“Yeah, I need to put a gold brick in my backpack before the fight begins as a keepsake.”
“That makes sense, I also want to bring one. This big piece should weigh about
10 kilograms, right?”
“Probably.”
As if responding to the fast-paced game, when the time reaches 10 minutes, the sacks deflate one by one, turning into a string of numbers on the panel. The earth then trembles again.
However, this time it’s not the inner circle that should have collapsed, but instead, there is a “dial-style” collapse!
Including the core area, all the “odd-numbered areas” on the Metropolis Map Dial began to collapse!
Now, the remaining Metropolis map is divided into six neat fan -shaped sections, and—
They are separated from each other!
To leave their area and go to another one, players must go to the center, where the cracks are smaller and can be jumped over with enough caution.
But the central area is Metropolis Square!
There is no cover there; it’s visible from all sides, and going there is almost like walking into certain death!
This way, the remaining players are all separated!
—That’s how it should have been!
However, the current issue is that Super Tomato’s team has helicopters!
They can fly!
