Chapter 293.2: Beta 0.2

However...

Something Professor Yang never thought would happen actually happened.

The label

[In Progress]

suddenly appeared behind the pending order, and before everyone could react, the

[Transaction In Progress]

label changed to

[Completed]

.

The whole process was as smooth as breathing.

Not just Professor Yang, but countless people froze on the spot.

Lightning_emperor_professor_yang: What the actual fuck?! This is fake, right?!

Sheep Head: One silver coin was sold for one BTC?! How is it possible!

Tyrannosaurus Warrior: Shady! This is too damn shady!

This_lord_is_arrogant_what_can_you_do: No way, no way. There’s actually someone who really believes that this stupid game coin can be exchanged for real money? As I said a long time ago, this website is simply trying to scam you! They just hired a bunch of people to pretend to be players so they can fool you guys more easily. A fully immersive virtual reality game? Hehe! My uncle is a big boss in the VR industry. If this game is actually real, how have I never heard of it before? They just spent some money to make a few CG clips, but you guys actually believe that it’s real. I’m laughing my ass off!

Although Arrogant Lord would be occasionally late, he would never be absent.

He, who had been lurking in the forum for a while, finally seized the opportunity and jumped out to start a group ridicule.

However, at the moment, everyone was shocked by the exorbitant price of 1 silver coin for 1 BTC; no one was interested in arguing with him.

Since the IDs of both parties to the transaction were anonymous by default, and they would only be displayed on the transaction page if the player voluntarily disclosed them, no one knew who the buyer and seller were.

Everyone couldn’t help speculating which rich guy paid the sky-high price and bought a sixth of a bowl of ramen with a BTC worth tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of Chinese RMB.

However, not knowing if the buyer wanted to stay low-key, or because they realized that it was a dumb thing to do, that rich boss refused to show up.

But at this moment, the seller took the initiative to come out.

Yaya: Uh... I just put up the consignment list because I thought this new function was fun. I'm sorry, I was just trying to test the functions of the new version. The big brother who bought the coin, please tell me who you are, I'll give the money back to you, okay? QAQ

That was an ungodly amount of money for 1 silver coin!

This was too much!

Especially seeing everyone saying how they were shady, dumb rich people, and the damn dev must have hired those people, the kind-hearted Yaya felt very guilty.

However, what she didn't expect was that after she came out, everyone’s attention instantly concentrated on her.

Quit Smoking: Oh damn! So that lucky player is Boss Ya?!

Silver_sword: Wuu wuu! Sugar mama, I’m hungry!

Irene: Spread the words! Boss Ya found a sugar daddy! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Ample Time: Spread the words! Her sugar daddy is hired by the devs! (Squint eyes)

Mosquito: What?! Boss Ya’s sugar daddy is the dev???

Tail: Oh! Si, this game is too realistic! (✪ω✪)

Yaya: Get out! (╯‵□ ′)╯︵┻━┻

In the end, the mysterious buyer who spent a lot of money still did not show up, and various rumors became more and more mysterious, but none of them sounded reliable.

However, thanks to the silver coins that were sold at a sky-high price, countless players followed suit and put up sell orders under the stimulation of real money, and a large wave of virtual silver coins flowed from the game world into forums outside the game in an instant. And the trading interface, which was originally like a pool of stagnant water, was also flooded with orders.

Although some people were just joking around, pricing 1 silver coin at the cost of buying an actual flat, most of them aimed at completing the deal and listed a relatively normal price.

In short, after some violent fluctuations, the transaction price of a silver coin finally stabilized in the range of 50 to 60RMB.

Pending orders higher than this range were rarely traded, while pending orders below this range were sold almost immediately after they appeared, and then they were sold at a high price after changing hands. Under the interactive force of buying and selling, a kind of dynamic balance was formed.

Although a small number of players chose to use US dollars or other currencies or cryptocurrencies for settlement, the vast majority of players still mainly used RMB.

Not only the actual in-game players were buying, but cloud gamers were even more aggressive.

Because of some strange rumors saying that the more silver coins one had, the higher one’s chances of being selected for the closed beta test, a large number of players who had not yet received any notification of them receiving the qualification followed suit and rushed to buy silver coins.

There were also some people who were purely optimistic about the future of Wasteland Online and had optimistic expectations for the appreciation of silver coins. And some simply didn't think about it that much at all, and treated it purely as a zero-sum game where they bought low and sold high to make the difference.

There were also a very small number of people who were not short of money joining to trade the silver coins without any special reason purely just for fun.

In any case, Chu Guang was basically combating inflation in his outpost.

...

In a certain university, in a corner of a computer room.

Sitting in front of the computer, Ye Wei browsed the official website forum of Wasteland Online, feeling an irresistible urge in his heart.

Seeing those pending orders of 5 silver coins and 10 silver coins continuously being listed, Ye Wei finally couldn't hold back and put up 800 silver coins with the mentality of giving it a try.

"A silver coin... Let’s sell it for 50RMB each!"

But as soon as Ye Wei set the price, he began to feel uneasy.

Forty thousand yuan!

Would it be too much?

800 silver coins were equivalent to 4 LD-47 assault rifles, and players around LV10 normally would normally need to work hard for a week to earn that amount of coins.

Unless they deliberately saved money, ordinary players really couldn't afford so many silver coins. After all, not only would the equipment in this game cost money, but they even had to pay to take a shower in game!

However, for him, a hardcore player who had been moving bricks in the game since the beginning, those silver coins were still within the acceptable range.

For the mission chain related to the Shelter 401 that they completed before, the scientific expedition team paid everyone in his team four-digits worth of silver coins each.

With such a large sale order, Ye Wei never thought that it would be completed. Spending tens of thousands to play a closed beta server was beyond his imagination.

However, what Ye Wei didn't expect was that just when he had just decided whether to split his big order into several smaller orders, the sales order he had put up could not be found.

At the same time, a system notification popped up in the lower right corner of the forum.

[System: Please enter the Payment Method and Recipient Account Number again to confirm the transaction.]

Seeing the message from the background, Ye Wei, who was sitting in front of the computer, felt his heart stop beating for a moment.

"Holy shit... For real?!" He swallowed unconsciously.

Just like when he clicked confirmed the opening of a door to the new world, Ye Wei opened the link subconsciously and entered the account number and the information required for the transfer.

He didn’t think more about it and chose to believe it was true. In fact, there was no reason for doubt at all.

He had been playing for so long. No one knew better than him that the game was real.

Not to mention...

There was not much money in his account.

As soon as his living expenses and tuition fees arrived, he deposited them all in another online bank account.

There was a moment of silence in the background and the long 5 minutes felt like a year to him.

Ye Wei's palms were sweating nervously, and he could almost feel his own heartbeat. This uneasy throbbing made him more nervous than facing the raging Tide.

All of sudden, the screen of the mobile phone on the table lit up. Picking up the phone almost reflexively, Ye Wei unlocked the screen immediately.

The text message from the bank also appeared in front of his eyes at the same time.

[... 40,000.00 yuan has been credited to your account.]

For a moment, Ye Wei even forgot to breathe. Without any hesitation, he immediately logged into his bank application.

Text messages may be sent by mistake, but the numbers in his account would never be wrong.

[Account Balance: 40000.23 yuan!]

He was stunned.

"It can really be exchanged into real money..." Holding the mouse, Ye Wei clicked confirm absentmindedly.

A small window popped up in the lower right corner of the page at this time.

[Seller (anonymous): Noice! Got a huge sum of money! Thank you, bro! You saved me! (Sunglasses)]

[(The transaction is closed, thank you for your support)]

Thank you...

I am the one who should be saying that!

Ye Wei swallowed again, looking at the balance on the phone screen, feeling his whole arm trembling.

His living expenses for the month was 2,000RMB... To get 40,000 at once... It was 20 months of his living expenses!